11th Rhode Island Infantry Regiment

11th Rhode Island Infantry Regiment
ActiveOctober 1, 1862 to July 13, 1863
CountryUnited States
AllegianceUnion
BranchInfantry
Commanders
Notable
commanders		Horatio Rogers Jr.
Rhode Island U.S. Volunteer Infantry Regiments 1861-1865
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The 11th Rhode Island Infantry Regiment was a unit of the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service history

The 11th Rhode Island Infantry Regiment was organized at Camp Stevens Providence, Rhode Island and mustered into service on October 1, 1862, for a term of service of nine months. It was initially commanded by Colonel Edwin Metcalf, then by Colonel Horatio Rogers Jr. and finally by George Earl Church for the remainder of its service.

The regiment left Rhode Island for Washington, D.C., on October 6. Attached to Military District of Washington, D.C., to December, 1862. District of Alexandria, Defences of Washington, and 22nd Army Corps, to April, 1863. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 7th Army Corps, Department of Virginia, to June, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 4th Army Corps, Department of Virginia to July, 1863.

Duty at East Capitol Hill, Fort Ethan Allen[note 1] and Miner's Hill, Defences of Washington, till January 14, 1863. Guard duty at Convalescent Camp till April 15. Moved to Norfolk, thence to Suffolk April 15–19. Siege of Suffolk April 19 – May 4. Siege of Suffolk raised May 4. Expedition to destroy Norfolk & Petersburg Railroad and Seaboard & Roanoke Railroad May 16–27. Expedition to Blackwater June 12–18. Moved to Norfolk June 19, thence to Yorktown, and to Williamsburg June 22. Duty at Williamsburg till June 30. Left Yorktown for home July 2. Mustered out July 13, 1863.[2]

Losses

The regiment lost 8 men by disease.

Commanding officers

  • Colonel Edwin Metcalf; October 1, 1862 to November 9th, 1862
  • Lieutenant Colonel J. Talbot Pittman (acting); November 10, 1862 to January 22, 1863
  • Colonel Horatio Rogers Jr.; January 23rd, 1863 to March 19th, 1863
  • Colonel George E. Church; March 20th, 1863 to July 13, 1863

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Built by Vermont volunteers and named after the famous commander of the Green Mountain Boys, the fort had a garrison of as many as 1,000 men. Containing emplacements for 36 guns, it formed a part of the defenses of Chain Bridge and commanded the approaches south of Pimmit Run. Its position allowed mutual support with Fort Marcy to the north alongside the macadmized Leesburg and Georgetown Turnpike as well as Batteries Martin Scott and Vermont across the Potomac.[1]

References

References

  1. ^ Cooling & Owen (1988), pp. 118.
  2. ^ NPS 11th Regiment, Rhode Island Infantry.

Sources

  • Cooling, Benjamin Franklin III; Owen, Walton H. II (1988). Mr. Lincoln's Forts: A Guide to the Civil War Defenses of Washington (pdf) (1st ed.). Shippensburg, PA: White Mane Pub. Co. pp. 1–280. ISBN 978-0-8108-6307-1. OCLC 645807101. Retrieved December 22, 2023.
  • Dyer, Frederick Henry (1908). A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion (PDF). Des Moines, IA: Dyer Pub. Co. p. 33, 229, 353, 354, 356, 357, 1635, 1787. ASIN B01BUFJ76Q. Retrieved August 8, 2015.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • Federal Publishing Company (1908). Military Affairs and Regimental Histories of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, And Delaware (PDF). 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. Vol. I. Madison, WI: Federal Publishing Company. p. 248. OCLC 694018100.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • J.H. Beers & Co (1908). "Dyer Family". Representative Men and Old Families of Rhode Island (pdf). Representative Men and Old Families of Rhode Island: Genealogical Records and Historical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens and of Many of the Old Families. Vol. I. Chicago, IL: J.H. Beers. pp. 3–4. OCLC 741990098. Retrieved March 25, 2023.
  • "Union Rhode Island Volunteers: 11th Regiment, Rhode Island Infantry". nps.gov. U.S. National Park Service. January 19, 2007. Retrieved January 1, 2020.