11th Vermont Infantry Regiment

September 2008 11th Vermont Infantry Regiment Flag_of_Vermont_(1837-1923).svg Flag of Vermont, 1837–1923 September 1, 1862 to December 10 (changed to 1st Vermont Heavy Artillery) USA 1862 United States Army Infantry American Civil War Colonel James M. Warner Vermont U.S. Volunteer Infantry Regiments 1861-1865 10th Vermont Infantry Regiment 12th Vermont Infantry Regiment The 11th Vermont Infantry Regiment was a three-years infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.Dyer 1908 1653 Federal Publishing Company 1908 116 It served in eastern theater, from September 1862 to August 1865. It served in the XXII Corps in the defenses of Washington D.C., and with the Vermont Brigade in VI Corps. The regiment was mustered into United States service on September 1, 1862, at Brattleboro, Vermont. On December 10, 1862, its designation changed to the 1st Vermont Heavy Artillery.VCW, 11th Vermont (2004) History The unit was engaged in, or present at:NPS 1st Regiment, Vermont Heavy Artillery Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, and the first Battle of Weldon Railroad, now known as the Battle of Jerusalem Plank Road, in the Overland campaign. In the latter 267 men from the 11th and 140 from the 4th Vermont were captured by a superior force.Taylor 2010 16-20 The captives were all sent to Andersonville prison where 232 of them died.weldonrailroad.com, A Melancholy Affair... (2007) Fort Stevens, Charlestown, Gilbert's Ford, Winchester, Fisher's Hill and Cedar Creek in the Shenandoah Valley campaign In the Siege of Petersburg. Losses in the war The regiment lost during service:Civil War in the East, 1st Vermont Heavy Artillery 152 men killed and mortally wounded 2 died from accidents 175 died in Confederate prisons 210 died from disease Total loss: 539 The regiment mustered out of service on August 25, 1865. References Citations 40em Sources 60em 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/1653/mode/1up?view=theater PDF August 8, 2015 34, 233, 310, 328. 406, 1653 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/116/mode/1up 694018100 PDF 116–117 Dan Taylor 2010 Barton Believables:Ellery Webster, Union POW - Part One Vermont's Northland Journal 9 3 16–20 2016 1st Vermont Heavy Artillery Regiment http://civilwarintheeast.com/us-regiments-batteries/vermont/1st-vermont-heavy-artillery-regiment/ December 17, 2020 The Civil War in the East Civil War in the East, 1st Vermont Heavy Artillery https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-battle-units-detail.htm?battleUnitCode=UVT0001RAH Battle Unit Details, 1st Regiment, Vermont Heavy Artillery nps.gov January 19, 2007 U.S. National Park Service December 4, 2023 NPS 1st Regiment, Vermont Heavy Artillery https://vermontcivilwar.org/units/11/ 11th Vermont Infantry (aka First Heavy Artillery, Vermont Volunteers April 26, 2020 vermontcivilwar.org 2004 Vermont in the Civil War https://web.archive.org/web/20221001115029/http://www.vermontcivilwar.org/units/11/ October 1, 2022 usurped VCW, 11th Vermont (2004) A Melancholy Affair at the Weldon Railroad www.weldonrailroad.com September 13, 2007 http://www.weldonrailroad.com/narrativeaccounts.html https://web.archive.org/web/20080912153748/http://www.weldonrailroad.com/narrativeaccounts.html September 12, 2008 unfit weldonrailroad.com, A Melancholy Affair... (2007) September 5, 2009 Further reading Grant, Frank C., and Kenneth E. Manies. Civil War Journal of Cpl. Frank C. Grant, 1st Vt. Heavy Artillery/11th Vt. Inf. Regiment, Company A. Yuba City, Calif.: K.E. Manies, 2005. External links Vermont National Guard Library and Museum 1st Vermont Heavy Artillery National Colors, Digital Vermont NPS historian Jimmy Blankenship describes the futile charge of the First Maine Heavy Artillery at Petersburg on June 18, 1864 Category:Units and formations of the Union army from Vermont Category:Vermont Brigade Category:1862 establishments in Vermont Category:Artillery units and formations of the American Civil War