The 11th Infantry was organized at Fort Independence, Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, as regimental headquarters, and which remained the 11th's headquarters during the War. [42], September 1893, General McCook ordered that the Apaches in Company I, Eleventh Infantry, be discharged when their furloughs expired in July 1894.[43]. The 10th, 11th and 15th Regiments … 2d Lt. William . During the summer of 1863 the Confederate Guards response Battalion and the 11th Louisiana Infantry Battalion merged into the regiment. On 2 January 1881, Company F, 11th Infantry, was engaged in an attack upon hostile Indians, under Sitting Bull, near Camp Poplar Creek (now the Fort Peck Indian Reservation), as part of the command of Major G. Ilges, 5th Infantry. During the Philippine–American War from 1901–1903, the Eleventh Infantry was sent to the Philippines to help put down the Moro Rebellion, where it was in engagements against the Moros of Mindanao and the Filipinos of the Visayas. 1900 San Juan, Puerto Rico, headquarters, band, and 5 companies Eleventh Infantry. ), the Battle of Chapultepec and the Battle for Mexico City under command of Col. William Trousdale.[7]. Company K, Thirteenth Infantry, arrived and took station at Fort Leavenworth, Kans., 9 September 1886, relieving Company G, Eleventh Infantry, which left 11 September 1886, for Fort Abraham Lincoln, Dak., per Special Orders No. On 27 June 2007 as part of the Transformation of the US Army, the 11th Infantry Regiment was redesignated the 199th Infantry Brigade at Fort Benning. The present 6th United States Infantry traces its lineage back to this 11th Infantry Regiment. C. D. Viele, Tenth Cavalry, were detached from Colonel Davidson's column near McClellan Creek, Texas, to pursue the band attacked by Lieutenant Baldwin the same day. The 11th Infantry was constituted on 3 May 1861 by president Abraham Lincoln in the Regular Army as Company A, 2d Battalion, 15th Infantry. August 1874, Lieutenant Colonel George Buell was to lead four companies of the Ninth Cavalry, two of the Tenth, two companies of the Eleventh Infantry, and thirty scouts from Fort Griffin to Fort Sill, Indian Territory, and then west to operate along the Salt Fork of the Red River. 11th Pennsylvania Reserve Corps/40th Pennsylvania Volunteers 11th Indiana Infantry Regiment in the American Civil War. During the Red River War, the regiment was in the following actions: 5 February 1874, Lieutenant-Colonel George P. Buell, Eleventh Infantry, with Troops G and D, Tenth Cavalry, Company F, Eleventh Infantry, and detachments of Companies A and G, Eleventh Infantry, attacked a camp of hostile Qua ha dee Comanches on the Double Mountain Fork Brazos River, Texas, killed eleven Indians and captured sixty-five horses. The troops immediately afterwards returned to Champlain, and on 23 November to Plattsburgh, when the militia were disbanded, and the 11th U.S. regiment was sent to Burlington, with the 9th, 21st, and 25th, all under the command of Brig. This camp became Fort Meade.[25][26]. Lexington.—One company Eleventh Infantry. Capt. Constituted 1861-05-03 in the Regular Army as the 2d Battalion, 19th Infantry. The 11th was the left flank regiment in the brigade. On 8 March 1872, Company A at Phantom Hill was relieved by Company F and was replaced 6 April, for the last time by Company G.[17], 15 June 1872, a detachment from Company H, Eleventh Infantry at Fort Concho in San Angelo, Texas successfully defended Johnson's Mail Station against an Indian raid. This area of the site allows you to view brief histories of units and regiments which hailed from Massachusetts during the Civil War. In February 1913 the regiment moved from its permanent station to Texas City, Texas as part of the mobilization of the Second Division. Company E being notified by the commanding officer to hasten to attack hostile Moros, that company proceeded with all possible speed to the scene of the attack, but were unable to gain contact with the enemy. Maj. Gen. A.C. Gillem 11th Inf. During the Battle of the Bulge, the 11th counter-attacked into the southern portion of the Bulge, engaging the Germans in bitter winter fighting. It did provost duty in Richmond until the civil government of the city was organized, and at Libby Prison until its use was discontinued. The balance of this command is still occupying its camp. On 14 August 1987, 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions, The School Brigade, were redesignated as 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions, 11th Infantry, and assigned to The School Brigade. The second[1][2] 11th U.S. regiment of infantry was organized on 11 January 1812, when the Congress authorized a strengthening of the Regular Army in preparation for the threatening conflict that became known as the War of 1812. The companies of infantry to be raised in Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Virginia. The 1st Battalion was given the designation of the 11th Infantry, while the 2nd Battalion became the 20th Infantry and the 3rd Battalion the 29th Infantry. Frederick Phisterer. In the month of March the Eleventh Infantry was transferred to the fourth military district.[16]. 1915 Company D, San Antonio, Tex., to Texas City, Texas and Company L, Little Rock, Ark., to Laredo, Texas. Capt. 33, A. G. O., series of 1861, in contrast to the original ten regular regiments of infantry, which were organized on the traditional ten-company line. The 11th United States Infantry Regiment lost 8 officers and 117 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 2 officers and 86 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War. Headquarters, Companies I and M, Eleventh Infantry, arrived at Washington Barracks, D. C., from Porto[sic] Rico. Description: A silver color metal and enamel device 1⅛ inches (2.86 cm) tall overall consisting of a shield blazoned: Azure, Satanta's arrow in fess Argent between in chief a castle Or in base a kampilan and bolo in saltire of the second hilted of the third. During the summer and fall of 1865 the twenty-four companies of the regiment were organized. 17. Headquarters Third Battalion and Companies I and M, Eleventh Infantry, left Fort Mackenzie, by marching, for change of station to Fort D. A. Russell, arriving there at 25 May. [4], This 11th Infantry Regiment participated in the following: the Battle of Crysler's Farm; the Second Battle of Lacolle Mills;[5] the Raid on Port Dover,[6] the Capture of Fort Erie, the Battle of Chippawa, where Colonel John B. Campbell (9 April to 28 August 1814),[2] was mortally wounded and the 11th Infantry came under command of Maj. John McNeil, who was breveted Lt. Col. for his actions; and the Battle of Lundy's Lane.[7]. Service in the World War is shown by the chief bearing the cross of the ancient Lords of Dun to commemorate the crossing of the Meuse at Dun. Civil War. The third[1][2] 11th U.S. regiment of infantry was authorized by Congress on 11 February 1847, as a one-year regiment for the Mexican American War. 26 January 1882, Richard I. 11th Mississippi Infantry Regiment "University Greys" The University Greys (or Grays) were Company A of the 11th Mississippi Infantry Regiment, part of the Army of Northern Virginia. It was consolidated May–October 1815 with a company of the 25th Infantry and a company each of the 27th, 29th, and 37th Infantry to form a company of the 6th Infantry. Duty at Camp Parole, Annapolis, Md., until 26 January 1865. On or about 29 September 1901, the town was reoccupied by two companies of the Eleventh Infantry to secure the American position and bury the American dead. The body of Private Branson was found frightfully mutilated, and the ground gave indication of a large party lying in ambuscade. [9], The regiment lost during the Civil War 8 officers and 117 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 officers and 86 enlisted men by disease. A portion of his regiment, under Lieuts. Company B, 1st Battalion, 11th Infantry was reorganized and redesignated on 5 December 1866 as Company B, 11th Infantry. In the summer of 1866, the regiment suffered a great mortality from cholera.[10]. Arrived there 21 April; returned 27 May. May to August 1917 the 11th Infantry was stationed Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia. On 10 January 1872, Company G (Captain Theodore Schwan commanding 1869–1886), Eleventh Infantry, reestablished Fort Phantom Hill. During the summer little was done in Vermont beyond organizing the 11th infantry, which seems to have consisted originally of six companies from Vermont and four from New Hampshire. [8] On 14 May 1861, President Abraham Lincoln issued an executive order, directing an increase of the regimental organizations of the Regular Army. Currently, the histories of 73 regiments are available on-line. John W. Heavey, Captain, Eleventh Infantry, Commanding Company E. 24 March to 15 July 1903, Eleventh Infantry in operations of the Surigao expedition. In 1922, the 11th moved to Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana, and remained there for 17 years. 8 February 1872, Company G was replaced by Company A of the Eleventh Infantry, along with two Tonkawa scouts and a six-man detachment of the Fourth Cavalry. Captain William B. Taliaferro, Maj. 9th infantry; Col. C. S. A. May 1883, Department of Dakota annual marksmanship competition at headquarters Fort Snelling, Minnesota, Eleventh Infantry had the best overall scores in the entire Army taking home two medals. Civil War. Thomas F. McCoy and Benjamin F. Harley, was active in pursuit of the Mexicans after the attack on the Casa, Mata. During the Red River War, the regiment was in the following actions: 5 February 1874, Lieutenant-Colonel George P. Buell, Eleventh Infantry, with Troops G and D, Tenth Cavalry, Company F, Eleventh Infantry, and detachments of Companies A and G, Eleventh Infantry, attacked a camp of hostile Qua ha dee Comanches on the Double Mountain Fork Brazos River, Texas, killed eleven Indians and captured sixty-five horses. On 8 February 1991, the School Brigade was inactivated and redesignated as the 11th Infantry Regiment. Guerry, and Major C.T. 111th Infantry Regiment Civil War. Consolidation. This 11th Infantry Regiment was disbanded in August 1848. The embattled partition represents the siege of Chattanooga in 1863. It was organized on 6 May 1862 at Newport Barracks, Kentucky,as one of the nine "three-battalion" regiments of regulars, each battalion containing eight companies of infantry, in contrast to the original ten regular regiments of infantry, which were organized on the traditional ten-company line. He was the son of Timothy Bedel a commander during the American Revolution. The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System gives the following as the history for this regiment: 11th Infantry Regiment [also called 2nd Regiment], formerly Burns' 8th Regiment, was organized during the winter of 1863-1864. 1st Battalion, 11th Infantry Regiment Lineage, Medal of Honor Recipients Indian Wars Period, Quarters of Company "E" 11th Infantry Fort Bennett, D.T, Achille La Guardia: Bandmaster of the 11th U.S. Infantry, Fort D. A. Russell Photos From Wyoming Tales and Trails: The Eleventh Infantry, 11TH INFANTRY REGIMENT Distinctive Unit Insignia and Coat of Arms, United States Army Center of Military History, https://military.wikia.org/wiki/11th_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States)?oldid=5262280, Parent unit for many Infantry School units. Col. Timothy Upham. The Act of 14 May 1800, authorized the president to discharge them, and under this authority the 11th Infantry was disbanded 15 June 1800. 28 June 1883, Col. 28 September 1874, Company H, Eleventh Infantry, in the same column attacked a camp of Comanche, Kiowa, and Southern Cheyenne in the Battle of Palo Duro Canyon under Colonel Mackenzie. In 1942 the regiment deployed to Iceland and remained there for 15 months until the regiment, and the division, moved to England. On 14 August 1987, 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions, The School Brigade, were redesignated as 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions, 11th Infantry, and assigned to The School Brigade. Bryan, Texas Bvt. The 11th then campaigned September 1863 to November 1864 as part of the 5th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac and 8th Army Corps, Middle Department, to January 1865. Civil War. Captain William H. Irwin, Bvt. The crest consists of the Civil War badges of the 1st Division, 14th Army Corps and 2d Division, 5th Army Corps, and the World War 5th Division shoulder sleeve insignia. Movements of troops from and to extraterritorial stations from November–December 1900. 10 October 1871, Companies F and I, Eleventh Infantry, took part in the Battle of Blanco Canyon under Col. Ranald S. Mackenzie. 11th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry (9th Volunteers) Overview: 11th Infantry Regiment [also called 9th Regiment] was organized during the summer of 1861 with men from Beaufort, Clarendon, and Colleton counties. [15], Early in July ten companies of the Seventh Cavalry, four of the First, and two (D and H) of the Eleventh Infantry, were dispatched to establish a summer camp near Bear Butte, north of Deadwood to scout the region lying north, northeast, east, and southeast from that point and keep the country clear of Indians. This latter was mustered into service for six months and upon its disbandment was re-organized for the war as the 11th NC Regiment, which was composed in considerable degree of the material of the Bethel Regiment. Indian wars. The Adjutant, Mataling Falls. May to August 1917 the 11th Infantry was stationed Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia. Captain William H. Irwin, Bvt. Shield: Azure, Satanta's arrow in fess Argent between in chief a castle Or in base a kampilan and bolo in saltire of the second hilted of the third. The second[2][3] 11th U.S. regiment of infantry was organized on 11 January 1812 when the Congress authorized a strengthening of the Regular Army in preparation for the threatening conflict that became known as the War of 1812. Private Joseph Dubian, after emptying his rifle, rushed to the camp for assistance. The 11th Infantry played a prominent role in the reduction of the fortified city of Metz in the fall of 1944. 19 June 1871, Company H, Eleventh Infantry, with six companies of the Fourth Cavalry, and twenty Tonkawa scouts, under Colonel Ranald S. Mackenzie left Fort Richardson. Kislingbury's Son", "Kislingbury Wants Relics. 1861. 2d Lt. Junins B. Wheeler. Among them was the 11th regiment of regulars under Col. Isaac Clark[3] (12 March 1812 to 27 April 1814). The Army of the United States: Historical Sketches of Staff and Line. Wallace trained the 11th Indiana in Zouave tactics and the regiment became known as Wallace's Zouaves. Office Company E, Eleventh Infantry, Camp at Mataling Falls, Mindanao, P. I., 1 September 1902. The most important Indian campaign of this regiment was against the Kiowas, Comanches and Cheyenne in 1874. 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