The 11th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry was an infantry

Infantry

Infantrymen are soldiers who are specifically trained for the role of fighting on foot to engage the enemy face to face and have historically borne the brunt of the casualties of combat in wars. As the oldest branch of combat arms, they are the backbone of armies...

 regiment

Regiment

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 that served in the Union Army

Union Army

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 during the American Civil War

American Civil War

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. It was assigned to front-line combat duty in the Army of the Cumberland

Army of the Cumberland

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 in the Western Theater

Western Theater of the American Civil War

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 and participated in most of its leading battles and campaigns, including the Chattanooga Campaign and the 1864 Atlanta Campaign

Atlanta Campaign

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Service

The 11th Michigan Infantry was organized at White Pigeon, Michigan

White Pigeon, Michigan

White Pigeon is a village in St. Joseph County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,627 at the 2000 census. The village is located within White Pigeon Township.-Geography:...

, primarily from volunteer recruits raised from the St. Joseph County, Michigan

St. Joseph County, Michigan

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 62,422 people, 23,381 households, and 16,600 families residing in the county. The population density was 124 people per square mile . There were 26,503 housing units at an average density of 53 per square mile...

, region. It was mustered into Federal service for a three-year enlistment on September 24, 1861. It served in a variety of assignments and campaigns, seeing action initially under its first colonel

Colonel (United States)

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, future U.S. Congressman William L. Stoughton

William L. Stoughton

William Lewis Stoughton was a politician and soldier from U.S. state of Michigan who served in the United States Congress, as well as serving as a general and brigade commander in the Union Army during the American Civil War.Stoughton was born in Bangor, New York. He attended Kirtland,...

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The much depleted regiment was mustered out on September 30, 1864, and recruits and veterans whose terms of enlistment had not yet expired were transferred to the 11th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment (Reorganized)

11th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment (Reorganized)

The 11th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:...

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Total strength and casualties

The regiment suffered 5 officers and 107 enlisted men who were killed in action or motally wounded, and 2 officers and 194 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 308 fatalities.

Commanders

• Col. William L. Stoughton
  William L. Stoughton
  William Lewis Stoughton was a politician and soldier from U.S. state of Michigan who served in the United States Congress, as well as serving as a general and brigade commander in the Union Army during the American Civil War.Stoughton was born in Bangor, New York. He attended Kirtland,...
  
  
• Lt. Col.
  Lieutenant Colonel (United States)
  In the United States Army, United States Air Force, and United States Marine Corps, a lieutenant colonel is a field grade military officer rank just above the rank of major and just below the rank of colonel. It is equivalent to the naval rank of commander in the other uniformed services.The pay...
  
  Melvin Mudge