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Muster In: June 13, 18611
Muster Out: June 14, 18652
Commander(s):
Lieutenant Colonel Charles C. Rivers
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Major Abram L. Lockwood
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Captain Thomas H. Dunham
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First Offensive Order of Battle: Fourth Brigade | Third Division | II Corps | Army of the Potomac | Union Army3,4
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- Unit Strength: 344 officers and men PFD (June 12, 1864)5
- Weapons: Smooth-bored Muskets, model 1842 (.69 caliber) (at least one company)(June 30, 1864)6
Second Offensive Order of Battle: Fourth Brigade | Third Division | II Corps | Army of the Potomac | Union Army7,8
- Commander: Captain Charles C. Rivers (June 30, 1864)9
- Unit Strength:
- Weapons: Smooth-bored Muskets, model 1842 (.69 caliber) (at least one company)(June 30, 1864)10
Third Offensive Order of Battle: Third Brigade | Third Division | II Corps | Army of the Potomac | Union Army11
- Commander: Major Abram L. Lockwood (July 31, 1864)12
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Fourth Offensive Order of Battle: Third Brigade | Third Division | II Corps | Army of the Potomac | Union Army13
- Commander: Major Charles C. Rivers (August 31, 1864)14
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Sixth Offensive Order of Battle: Third Brigade | Third Division | II Corps | Army of the Potomac | Union Army15
- Commander: Lieutenant Colonel Charles C. Rivers (October 31, 1864)16
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Seventh Offensive Order of Battle: Third Brigade | Third Division | II Corps | Army of the Potomac | Union Army17
- Commander: Lieutenant Colonel Charles C. Rivers (December 31, 1864)18
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Eighth Offensive Order of Battle: Third Brigade | Third Division | II Corps | Army of the Potomac | Union Army
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Dyer’s/Sifakis’ Compendium Info:
Siege of Petersburg Battles21:
- Before Petersburg June 16-18.
- Siege of Petersburg June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865.
- Jerusalem Plank Road June 22-23, 1864.
- Demonstration on north side of the James July 27-29.
- Deep Bottom July 27-28.
- Mine Explosion, Petersburg, July 30 (Reserve).
- Demonstration on north side of the James River August 13-20.
- Strawberry Plains August 14-18.
- Peeble’s Farm, Poplar Grove Church, September 29-October 2.
- Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher’s Run, October 27-28.
- In front of Fort Morton November 5.
- Expedition to Weldon Railroad December 7-11.
- Watkin’s House March 25, 1865.
- Appomattox C. H. March 28-April 9.
- Crow’s House March 31.
- Fall of Petersburg April 2.
- Sailor’s Creek April 6.
- High Bridge and Farmville April 7.
- Appomattox C. H. April 9.
- Surrender of Lee and his army.
Bibliography:
Siege of Petersburg Documents Which Mention This Unit:
- 11th MA: A Narrative of the Formation and Services of the Eleventh Massachusetts Volunteers
- Number 101. Report of Major Charles C. Rivers, Eleventh Massachusetts Infantry, of operations October 1-5
- Number 80. Siege of Petersburg Report of Captain James F. Mansfield, Eleventh Massachusetts Infantry, of operations February 5-7
- Number 81. Siege of Petersburg Report of Lieutenant Colonel Charles C. Rivers, Eleventh Massachusetts Infantry, of operations March 25
- Number 93. Petersburg Campaign Report of Major Charles C. Rivers, Eleventh Massachusetts Infantry, of operations July 26-31
Sources:
- A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
- A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 1 (Serial Number 80), p. 222 ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 2 (Serial Number 81), p. 544 ↩
- Annual Report of the Adjutant-General, of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts…For the Year Ending December 31, 1864 (Boston: Wright & Potter, State Printers, No. 4 Spring Lane, 1865), p. 355: “June 12th. On this date the regiment, numbering fourteen commissioned officers and about two hundred and ninety enlisted men, whose term of service had expired, left the front for Boston. The remaining number, eight commissioned officers and three hundred and thirty-six enlisted men, composed of veterans and recruits, were organized into a battalion of five companies, in compliance with Special Orders from Headquarters Second Army Corps, of that date.” ↩
- Volume 13 (Ordnance Returns for the Second Quarter, April-June, 1864); 11th Massachusetts Entry, Page 83; Summary Statements of Quarterly Returns of Ordnance and Ordnance Stores on Hand in Regular and Volunteer Army Organizations, 1862-1867, 1870-1876. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M1281, Roll 7); Records of the Office of the Chief of Ordnance, 1797-1969, Record Group 156; National Archives Building, Washington, D.C.: Only one of the four companies present at the front (C0. A) had its weapons counted in the June 30 ordnance return. Company G was in Washington, D.C. at the time. Other companies are not listed. The regiment was made into a battalion of five companies on June 12, 1864, when old members left the front. More research is needed to see if the other remaining companies were also using Smoothbores. ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 1 (Serial Number 80), p. 222 ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 2 (Serial Number 81), p. 544 ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 2 (Serial Number 81), p. 544 ↩
- Volume 13 (Ordnance Returns for the Second Quarter, April-June, 1864); 11th Massachusetts Entry, Page 83; Summary Statements of Quarterly Returns of Ordnance and Ordnance Stores on Hand in Regular and Volunteer Army Organizations, 1862-1867, 1870-1876. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M1281, Roll 7); Records of the Office of the Chief of Ordnance, 1797-1969, Record Group 156; National Archives Building, Washington, D.C.: Only one of the four companies present at the front (C0. A) had its weapons counted in the June 30 ordnance return. Company G was in Washington, D.C. at the time. Other companies are not listed. The regiment was made into a battalion of five companies on June 12, 1864, when old members left the front. More research is needed to see if the other remaining companies were also using Smoothbores. ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 3 (Serial Number 82), p. 731 ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 3 (Serial Number 82), p. 731 ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLII, Part 2 (Serial Number 88), p. 614 ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLII, Part 2 (Serial Number 88), p. 614 ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLII, Part 3 (Serial Number 89), p. 460 ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLII, Part 3 (Serial Number 89), p. 460 ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLII, Part 3 (Serial Number 89), p. 1117 ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLII, Part 3 (Serial Number 89), p. 1117 ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLVI, Part 2 (Serial Number 96), p. 327 ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLVI, Part 2 (Serial Number 96), p. 740 ↩
- A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
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