11th Rhode Island Infantry Regiment

January 2020 11th Rhode Island Infantry Regiment Flag of Rhode Island.svg October 1, 1862 to July 13, 1863 United States Union Infantry Horatio Rogers Jr.Rhode Island U.S. Volunteer Infantry Regiments 1861-1865 10th Rhode Island Infantry Regiment 12th Rhode Island Infantry Regiment 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 AllenBuilt 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.Cooling Owen 1988 118 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.NPS 11th Regiment, Rhode Island Infantry Losses The regiment lost 8 men by disease. Commanding officers Colonel Edwin Metcalf; October 1, 1862 to November 9, 1862 Lieutenant Colonel J. Talbot Pittman (acting); November 10, 1862 to January 22, 1863 Colonel Horatio Rogers Jr.; January 23, 1863 to March 19, 1863 Colonel George E. Church; March 20, 1863 to July 13, 1863 See also List of Rhode Island Civil War units References Footnotes 50em Citations 30em Sources 60em Cooling Benjamin Franklin III Owen Walton H. II Mr. Lincoln's Forts: A Guide to the Civil War Defenses of Washington White Mane Pub. Co. 1st 1988 Shippensburg, PA 1–280 en https://archive.org/details/mrlincolnsfortsg0000cool/mode/2up December 22, 2023 registration 978-0-8108-6307-1 645807101 pdf Dyer Frederick Henry Frederick H. Dyer A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion Dyer Pub. Co. Des Moines, IA 1908 B01BUFJ76Q https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_OBkNAQAAMAAJ/page/1225/mode/1up?view=theater PDF August 8, 2015 33, 229, 353, 354, 356, 357, 1635, 1787 Federal Publishing Company Military Affairs and Regimental Histories of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, And Delaware 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. I 1908 Madison, WI https://archive.org/details/unionarmyhistory01madi/page/53/mode/1up 694018100 PDF 248 J.H. Beers & Co Dyer Family Representative Men and Old Families of Rhode Island J.H. Beers 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 I 1908 Chicago, IL 3–4 en https://archive.org/details/representativeme1908jhbe/page/4/mode/1up March 25, 2023 741990098 pdf https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-battle-units-detail.htm?battleUnitCode=URI0011RI Union Rhode Island Volunteers: 11th Regiment, Rhode Island Infantry nps.gov January 19, 2007 U.S. National Park Service January 1, 2020 NPS 11th Regiment, Rhode Island Infantry External links 05896401.3530.emory.edu Incidents of service with the Eleventh Regiment Rhode Island Volunteers (1883) Category:Military units and formations established in 1862 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1863 Category:Units and formations of the Union army from Rhode Island Category:1862 establishments in Rhode Island Category:1863 disestablishments in the United States