11th Missouri Volunteer Infantry The 11th Missouri Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The 11th Missouri Infantry was organized at Jefferson Barracks at St . Louis , Missouri and mustered in for three years on August 6 , 1861 . In its early history , the regiment was known as the " Missouri Rifles " . Moved to Cape Girardeau , Missouri , August 16 , 1861 . Attached to Military District of Cairo , Ill . , Dept . of Missouri , to February 1862 . 2nd Brigade , 1st Division , Army of Mississippi , to March 1862 . 2nd Brigade , 5th Division , Army of Mississippi , to April 1862 . 1st Brigade , 3rd Division , Army of Mississippi , to April 1862 . 2nd Brigade , 2nd Division , Army of Mississippi , to November 1862 . 2nd Brigade , 8th Division , Left Wing 13th Army Corps ( Old ) , Dept . of the Tennessee , to December 1862 . 2nd Brigade , 8th Division , 16th Army Corps , to April 1863 . 2nd Brigade , 3rd Division , 15th Army Corps , Army of the Tennessee , to December 1863 . 2nd Brigade , 1st Division , 16th Army Corps , to December 1864 . 2nd Brigade , 1st Division ( Detachment ) , Army of the Tennessee , Dept . of the Cumberland , to February 1865 . 2nd Brigade , 1st Division , 16th Army Corps ( New ) , Military Division West Mississippi , to August 1865 . District of Alabama to December 1865 . Detailed service . Duty at Cape Girardeau , Mo . , until February 1862 . Expedition to Perryville , Missouri August 27 - September 2 , 1861 . Dallas , Missouri September 2 . Expedition against Thompson ' s Forces and operations about Ironton and Fredericktown October 12 – 25 . Action at Fredericktown October 21 . Expedition beyond Whitewater River November 30 - December 5 . Moved from Cape Girardeau to Commerce , Mo . , February 26 , 1862 . Operations against New Madrid , Missouri , February 28 - March 14 , and against Island Number Ten , Mississippi River , March 15 - April 8 . Pleasant Point March 7 . At New Madrid , Mo . , until April 13 . Expedition to Fort Pillow , Tenn . , April 13 – 17 . Moved to Hamburg Landing April 18 – 22 . Advance on and siege of Corinth , Mississippi . , April 29 - May 30 . Action at Farmington , Mississippi , May 9 . Near Corinth May 24 . Pursuit to Booneville , Mississippi , May 31 - June 12 , At Clear Creek , near Corinth , until August 18 . Expedition to Rienzi , Mississippi June 30 - July 1 . March to Tuscumbia , Alabama , August 18 – 23 . March to Iuka , Mississippi , September 2 – 5 , and to Clear Creek September 12 – 13 . Reconnaissance to Iuka and skirmish September 14 – 16 . March to Jacinto , Mississippi September 18 . Battle of Iuka September 19 . Pursuit of Price September 20 – 25 . At Rienzi until September 30 . March to Corinth September 30 - October 3 . 2nd Battle of Corinth October 3 – 4 . Pursuit to Ripley October 5 – 12 . At Corinth until November 2 . March to Grand Junction November 2 – 4 . Grant ' s Central Mississippi Campaign November 4 , 1862 , to January 10 , 1863 . Moved from Corinth to Germantown , Tennessee , January 20 – 21 , 1863 . To Memphis , Tennessee , February 10 ; thence to Helena , Arkansas , and Young ' s Point , La . , and Ducksport , La . , February 13 – 20 , and duty there until May 1863 . Moved to Join army in rear of Vicksburg , Mississippi , via Richmond and Grand Gulf May 2 – 14 . Mississippi Springs May 12 . Jackson , Mississippi May 14 . Siege of Vicksburg May 18 - July 4 . Assaults on Vicksburg May 19 and 22 . Expedition to Mechanicsburg and Satartia June 2 – 8 . Mechanicsburg June 4 . Satartia June 7 . Moved to Young ' s Point , La . , June . Expedition to Richmond , La . , June 14 – 16 . Action at Richmond June 15 . Moved to Big Black River Bridge July 5 . Outpost duty there until October . McPherson ' s Expedition to Canton , Mississippi October 14 – 20 . Bogue Chitto Creek October 17 . Moved to Memphis , thence to LaGrange , Tennessee , November 8 – 13 . Scout after Nathan Bedford Forrest December 1 – 3 . Expedition after Forest December 21 – 24 . At LaGrange until January 26 , 1864 . Moved to Memphis , Tenn . , thence to Vicksburg , Miss . , February 2 – 5 . Camp at Big Black until February 27 . March to Canton February 27 – 29 , thence to Vicksburg March 1 – 4 . Veterans moved to St . Louis March 10 – 16 . Moved to Memphis , Tenn . , May 2 – 5 . Expedition to Madison , St . Francis County , Ark . , June 3 – 7 . Guard working party Memphis to LaGrange June 16 – 27 . Smith ' s Expedition to Tupelo , Mississippi , July 5 – 21 . Pontotoc July 11 . Camargo ' s Cross Roads , near Harrisburg , July 13 . Tupelo July 14 – 15 . Old Town Creek July 15 . Expedition to Oxford , Mississippi , August 1 – 30 . Near Abbeville August 12 . Hurricane Creek , College Hill , August 21 . Abbeville August 23 . Moved from Memphis to Duvall ' s Bluff , Ark . , September 2 – 8 . Moved to Brownsville September 10 – 11 . March through Arkansas and Missouri in pursuit of Price September 17 - November 13 . Moved to Nashville , Tennessee , November 24 - December 1 . Battle of Nashville December 15 – 16 . Pursuit of John Bell Hood ' s army to the Tennessee River December 17 – 28 . At Clifton , Tennessee , and Eastport , Miss . , until February 7 , 1865 . Moved to New Orleans , La . , February 7 – 22 ; thence to Dauphin Island , Alabama , March 5 . Campaign against Mobile , Alabama and its Defenses March 19 - April 12 . Siege of Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely March 26 - April 8 . Assault and capture of Fort Blakely April 9 . Occupation of Mobile April 12 . March to Montgomery , Alabama April 13 – 25 , thence to Selma May 10 – 14 , and to Demopolis , Alabama May 18 – 19 . Duty there until July 15 . Duty by Detachments at Tuscaloosa , Marion , Greensboro , Alabama and Uniontown until October . At Demopolis until December 24 . Moved to Memphis , Tenn . , December 24 – 25 . Mustered out January 15 , 1866 . Casualties . Regiment lost during service 6 Officers and 98 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 179 Enlisted men by disease . Total 285 . External links . Web site dedicated to the history of the 11th Missouri Volunteer Infantry . Includes image of the Veteran Color of the regiment . http : / / eleventhmissouriinfantry . org /