Jim Martin
Huntsville, Alabama
Apr 11 1862
- Confederate captured/missing: 200
- Total Confederate losses: 200
Huntsville, Ala.,
April 11, 1862.
3rd Division, Army of the Ohio.
After a forced march the advance guard of the division entered Huntsville at 6 a. m. of the 11th. The Confederate garrison was completely surprised and offered little resistance. About 200 prisoners, 15 locomotives, a number of cars, telegraph instruments, etc., were captured.
There were no casualties reported. Brig.-Gen. O. M. Mitchel
was the Union leader.
Source: The Union Army, Vol.,6 p.,506