11th Michigan Cavalry Regiment

January 2025 11th Michigan Cavalry Regiment michigan_state flag.png Michigan state flag October 7, 1863 – July 20, 1865 United States 1865 23px Union Cavalry Regiment American Civil War July 20, 1865 Simeon B. Brown Colonel Willard Sterns 1st Lieutenant Clark W. Decker 2nd LieutenantMichigan U.S. Volunteer Cavalry Regiments 1861-1865 10th Michigan Cavalry Regiment N/A The 11th Michigan Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.Dyer 1908 1275 Federal Publishing Company 1908 428-429CWA, 11th Regiment, Michigan Cavalry 2009NPS, 11th Regiment, Michigan Cavalry 2005 Service The 11th Michigan Cavalry was organized at Kalamazoo and Detroit, Michigan October 10 and December 10, 1863. Among its ranks was future Michigan politician and author Elroy M. Avery.Rigdon, Research OnLine 2013 The Regiment was part of General George Stoneman's campaign into eastern Tennessee, western Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina in 1865.Rigdon, Research OnLine 2013Fordney 2008 197 The 11th Michigan Cavalry was one of three regiments in the Second Brigade of Colonel Simeon B. Brown of St. Clair. The regiment was consolidated with the 8th Michigan Volunteer Cavalry Regiment on July 20, 1865. Mustered out in Nashville Tennessee on September 22, 1865. Engagements Kentucky Hazel Green, McCormick's Farm, Morristown, State Creek, Mt. Sterling, Cynthiana, June 8–9, Point Burnside, June 30, 1864. Tennessee Clinch River, Nov.28; Cobb's Ford, Dec. 2: Bristol, Dec. 13; Paperville, Dec. 13, 1864. Virginia Abingdon, Dec. 15; Wytheville lead mines, Mt. Airey, Marion iron works, Seven Miles Ford, Mount Sterling, Sept. 17; Saltville I, October 1–3, 1864, Union defeat.(Saltville Massacre); Sandy Mountain, Marion, December 17–18, 1864; Saltville II, December 18–21, 1864, destroyed salt works; After Saltville, returned to Knoxville; arrived Dec. 28, 1864; Departed Knoxville, March 16–21, 1865; Morristown, March 24; Jonesboro, North Carolina March 25. Crossing into North Carolina and heading south, they conducted a series of raids on sites manufacturing goods vital to Lee's troops—Boone, March 28–29 destroyed Patterson yarn mill below Blowing Rock; Yadkin River; Wilkesboro, March 30; Jonesville, April 1; Mount Airy, April 2; Christiansburg, VA, April 3; Danbury, April 9 destroying the Moratock Iron Works; Salisbury, April 12 (Destroyed prison); Statesville, April 13–16 (Taylorsville, April 14); April 14, Lincoln assassination; Morganton, April 17–19; Marion, April 20; Swannanoa Gap, (the Army was blocked there and went around to Howard's Gap) April 20; Hendersonville, April 24; Asheville, April 25–28; Marshall, April 26; Ward's Farm; South Carolina Leaving Brevard, pushing through Saluda Gap in the Blue Ridge, they entered South Carolina, looking for Jefferson Davis. Caesar's Head, April 30; Pickensville, Anderson's Court House. Total strength and casualties Company H enlisted men, 106. Total regimental enrollment 1,579. The regiment suffered 4 officers and 24 enlisted men killed in action or mortally wounded and 114 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 142 fatalities.Dyer 1908 1275 Federal Publishing Company 1908 429CWA, 11th Regiment, Michigan Cavalry 2009NPS, 11th Regiment, Michigan Cavalry 2005 See also American Civil War Michigan List of Michigan Civil War Units Michigan in the American Civil War References Citations 30em Sources 40em yes 11th Regiment Cavalry American Civil War Archive https://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unmicav.htm#11th June 5, 2026 CWA, 11th Regiment, Michigan Cavalry 2009 January 17, 2009 Dyer Frederick Henry Frederick H. Dyer A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion Dyer Pub. Co. Des Moines, IA 1908 8697590 09005239 B01BUFJ76Q https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015026937642?urlappend=%3Bseq=1287%3Bownerid=13510798899657173-1315 en PDF 1275 2027/mdp.39015026937642?urlappend=%3Bseq=1508%3Bownerid=13510798899657173-1315 registration October 20, 2024 Federal Publishing Company Military Affairs and Regimental Histories of New Jersey, Indiana, Illinois and Michigan Federal Publishing Company The Union Army: A History of Military Affairs in the Loyal States, 1861–65 – Records of the Regiments in the Union army – Cyclopedia of battles – Memoirs of Commanders and Soldiers. III 1908 Madison, WI https://archive.org/details/unionarmyhistory03madi/page/428/mode/1up 694018100 PDF 428–429 Fordney Ben Fuller George Stoneman:A Biography of the Union General 2008 McFarland & Co. Jefferson, North Carolina 978-0-7864-3225-7 197 https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-battle-units-detail.htm?battleUnitCode=UMI0011RC 11th Regiment, Michigan Cavalry U.S. National Park Service nps.gov 2005 NPS, 11th Regiment, Michigan Cavalry 2005 December 6, 2009 Rigdon John C. The Historical Sketch and Roster of the Michigan 11th Cavalry Regiment Research OnLine 2013 https://www.researchonline.net/micw/unit30.htm Rigdon, Research OnLine 2013 August 17, 2026 Cavalry Category:1865 disestablishments in Michigan Category:1863 establishments in Michigan Category:Military units and formations established in 1863 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1865