On 10 January 1872, Company G (Captain Theodore Schwan commanding 18691886), Eleventh Infantry, reestablished Fort Phantom Hill. Military Wiki is a FANDOM Lifestyle Community. Loss of enemy in killed and wounded not known.[17][20][37]. [6], The 11th West Virginia suffered 4 Officers and 63 enlisted men killed in battle or died from wounds, and 148 enlisted men dead from disease for a total of 215 fatalities.[7]. With the allied victory during the Battle of Metz, the German garrison at Fort Driant promptly surrendered before another attack could be mounted. The 11th Virginia Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment raised in Virginia for service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. [44], September 1893, General McCook ordered that the Apaches in Company I, Eleventh Infantry, be discharged when their furloughs expired in July 1894.[45]. Company K (Valley Regulators) - Many men in this Company were from Alleghany and Rockbridge Counties. 1st Lt. Thomas F. McCoy, Col. U.S. Vol. 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. Authorized by the Second Continental Congress on 16 September 1776, it was organized on 3 February 1777 and consisted of four companies from the Virginia counties of Loudoun, Frederick, Prince William, and Amelia; Captain Daniel Morgan's Independent Rifle Company from Fauquier County; and five companies from the state's portion of the Maryland a. Kevin Shroyer hasn't seen the restored 11th Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment battle flag he and other members of the Lynchburg Home Guard Civil War Reenactors paid $12,000 to preserve. On special duty at New York 21 August 14 September. McDonald was awarded the Medal of Honor for gallantry in defeating Indians who attacked the mail.[21][22][23]. The 11th West Virginia participated in Gen. Lee's surrender at Appomattox Court House and conducted various cleanup operations in central Virginia before being mustered out in Richmond on June 17, 1865. Companies A, B, D & G arrived at Manassas Junction. On a chief embattled of the second a cross Gules. Fifteen miles from Fort Belknap and near Fort Griffin, it was attacked by a band of eight to 10 Kiowa Indians. Hill's, Kemper's, and W.R. Terry's Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia. The regiment saw action at the Battle of Brandywine, Battle of Germantown, and the Battle of Monmouth. The unit was captured on 12 May 1780 at the Siege of Charleston and subsequently disbanded on 1 January 1781. The 11th Virginia was organized at Lynchburg, Virginia, in May, 1861, and accepted into Confederate service in July. Pope's Northern Virginia Campaign, Battle of Groveton 29 August, Second Battle of Bull Run, Maryland Campaign, 2 May 1904.Companies I and M, Eleventh Infantry, arrived at Fort Mackenzie, Wyoming. Ordered to Washington, D.C. Even in battle, the emphasis remains on the Regiment. 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. Under the authority granted the President by the Act of 16 July 1798, to raise twelve additional regiments of infantry, the first[2][3] 11th Infantry came into existence in the Army of the United States in January 1799, with Aaron Ogden as Lieutenant Colonel Commandant. John W. Anthony of Company B, 11th Virginia Infantry Regiment, Southern Guards. The most important Indian campaign of this regiment was against the Kiowas, Comanches and Cheyenne in 1874. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. [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. 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. The regiment suffered 134 casualties. File: Private Peter S. Arthur of Company B, 11th Virginia Infantry Regiment, in uniform with secession badge and Virginia state seal breastplate LCCN2012646157.jpg The Act of 14 May 1800, authorized the president to discharge them, and under this authority the 11th Infantry was disbanded 15 June 1800. . The unit fought at First Manassas in a brigade under James Longstreet and at Dranesville under J.E.B. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgan%27s_Riflemen, Morgan's Riflemen From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, Surrender of General Burgoyne Col. Morgan, having led his Riflemen in this victory, is shown in white, right of center Morgan's Riflemen or Morgan's Rifles, previously Morgan's Sharpshooters, and the one named Provisional Rifle Corps, were an elite light infantry unit commanded by General Daniel Morgan in the American Revolutionary War, which served a vital role executing his tasks because it was equipped with what was then the cutting-edge rifle instead of muskets, allowing superior accuracy at an up to ten times the distance of the typical troops of the day.[1]. The 11th Virginia Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment raised in Virginia for service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. Casualties: Private Charles M. Branson, killed, Privates Logsdon and Foster wounded, all of Company E, Eleventh Infantry; rifle No. This fire continued for nearly half an hour, when, being undeceived, both parties hastily retreated, leaving behind five killed and as many wounded. Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. American Revolution: Battles of Saratoga, September 19 and October 7, 1777, American Revolutionary War - Battle of Cowpens (January 17, 1781), United States with Counties, Areas, Communities Project. Thomas F. McCoy and Benjamin F. Harley, was active in pursuit of the Mexicans after the attack on the Casa, Mata. The army gathered at Plattsburgh, New York, numbering about eight thousand men, of whom nearly one half were Vermonters. Contains photocopies of letters, 1861-1862, from James W. Old (1840-1862) of Company B of the 11th Virginia Infantry Regiment to family members concerning camp life in northern Virginia in 1861 and the battle of Dranesville. . The 11th Regiment was also known as Morgan's Rifles. In G. O. Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin [edit | edit source] Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. Office Company E, Eleventh Infantry, Camp at Mataling Falls, Mindanao, P. I., 1 September 1902. By May 1918 it joined the 5th Division near Chaumont, France. The field officers were Colonels David Funsten, Samuel Garland, Jr., Maurice S. Langhorne, and Kirkwood Otey; and Majors Adam Clement, Carter H. Harrison, and J.R. 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. The 11th Virginia Regiment was a Continental Army regiment that fought in the American Revolutionary War . 11 November 1880, Lieutenant Frederick F. Kislingbury,[31][32][33][34] Eleventh Infantry, with a detachment consisting of twelve men, Second Cavalry, and ten Crow scouts, was attacked by a war party of Sioux near the mouth of the Musselshell, Montana, and had one horse killed and three wounded; one of the hostiles was reported killed.[20]. Learn how and when to remove this template message, United States Army Center of Military History, Bibliography of the Continental Army in Virginia, Grayson's Additional Continental Regiment, Thruston's Additional Continental Regiment, Rawling's Additional Continental Regiment, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=11th_Virginia_Regiment&oldid=1085653873, Virginia regiments of the Continental Army, Articles lacking in-text citations from February 2012, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 4.0, This page was last edited on 1 May 2022, at 18:08. In July 1887, the regiment left the Department of Dakota for service in the Division of the Atlantic, where it was stationed in the Lake Regions with headquarters and Companies A, D, G and H at Madison Barracks,[43] Sackets Harbor, New York. commonspot.csPage.id = 4094578; 20 August 1886, Companies C and H, Eleventh Infantry, left Fort Buford, Dak., by boat to proceed to and take station at Fort Yates, Dak. The brigade was under the temporary command of Colonel Montgomery Corse while Brigadier General Kemper took command of a temporary division. After the Balangiga massacre, the survivors escaped to Leyte where nightmarish accounts made their way into the front pages of US newspapers. [1], Wikipedia Contributors, "11th Virginia Regiment," in, http://valleyforgemusterroll.org/regiments/va11.asp, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/11th_Virginia_Regiment, https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/index.php?title=11th_Virginia_Regiment_(Revolutionary_War)&oldid=3168935, Virginia - Military - Revolutionary War, 1776-1783. [[One or more errors were encountered while rendering this page. 12th VA: 12th Virginia Infantry; 12th VA Cav: 12th Virginia Cavalry; 12th VA Cav: A Borderland Confederate; 12th VA Cav: Bull Run to Bull Run; or, Four years in the Army of Northern Virginia; 12th VA Cav: Forty Years of Active Service; Exposed to a severe fire of artillery and vigorously assailed beyond the Emmitsburg Road by infantry on the right flank with ranks thinned and much disorganized by its losses especially of officers it pressed on against the Union line at the stone wall where after a fierce encounter the struggle ended. The survivors fell back firing. 21 March 1904Headquarters, Band, First and Second Battalions, Eleventh Infantry, left San Francisco, Cal., for Fort D.A. [4] Col. Van H. Bukey, who had begun the war as the unit's major and who had commanded the regiment after Col. Join Geni to explore your genealogy and family history in the World's Largest Family Tree. The companies of infantry to be raised in Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Virginia. The regiment was formed from independent militia companies operating in the Norfolk area, with men from the . 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. The 51st Regiment, Virginia Infantry (Confederate) was formed in August, 1861, with eleven companies. The 11th Infantry was awarded the Croix de Guerre for its daring crossing of the Seine river at Fontainebleau following Operation Cobra. Sergeant Nash, Privates William D. Howard, William R. Bryan, and Fred Houck rushed forward and secured the two wounded men and their equipments in the face of the Moro fire, from a distance not exceeding 15 yards. The official U.S. Army lineage of three present-day U.S. Infantry regiments trace back to this regiment. A skirmish of one and a half hours ensued until the Indians broke off hostilities, with six killed and several wounded.[19]. After taking extreme casualties, Patton ordered the assault to be abandoned until Metz could be first encircled. In 1942 the regiment deployed to Iceland and remained there for 15 months until the regiment, and the division, moved to England. [29], 12 October 1880, Camp Poplar River, Mont., established, Companies B and F, Eleventh Infantry, from Fort Custer, arriving this day and taking station.[30]. var jsPageContributeMode = 'read'; The 11th then took part in the Vosges Mountains, Saint-Mihiel, and Meuse-Argonne offensives. After many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. Col. Timothy Upham. It was relieved from the 2nd Virginia Brigade on 4 December 1779 and assigned to the Southern Department. 7 April 1904.Company L, Eleventh Infantry, arrived at Fort Washakie, Wyoming. It suffered 63 casualties. Gen. J. L. Kemper fell wounded in front of the stone wall. In 1922, the 11th moved to Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana, and remained there for 17 years. Frost was leading the brigade at the battle of Snicker's Ferry and fell mortally wounded. Arrived there 21 April; returned 27 May. Service in the Spanish War is shown by the castle and in the Indian Wars by Satanta's "arrow." 1915 Company D, San Antonio, Tex., to Texas City, Texas and Company L, Little Rock, Ark., to Laredo, Texas. Lieutenant Colonel Langhorne was promoted to colonel, Major Otey was promoted to lieutenant colonel and Captain James R. Hutter was promoted to major, although still a prisoner. The unit was reassigned to the Army of the Potomac in March 1865 and participated in the Appomattox Campaign at the war's end. He served in the 11th Infantry at Fort Sully, Dakota Territory; Madison Barracks, New York; Fort Huachuca and Whipple Barracks, Arizona Territory; Jefferson Barracks, Missouri and Tampa, Florida.[41][42]. This page has been viewed 4,697 times (72 via redirect). [54] The 11th Infantry Regiment suffered 153 killed in Vietnam.[55]. Symbolism: The symbolism is that of the coat of arms. The following officers received distinguished mention in General Schwan's reports, for service rendered under fire during the campaign in western Puerto Rico: Movements of troops from and to extraterritorial stations from NovemberDecember 1900. The body of Private Branson was found frightfully mutilated, and the ground gave indication of a large party lying in ambuscade. There his Riflemen's string of successes were capped when they were again pivotal in a key victory, the Battle of Cowpens. This camp became Fort Meade.[27][28]. Articles incorporating text from public domain works of the United States Government, Articles incorporating text from Wikipedia, Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. Moody Bedel's son John Bedel was a brigadier general of volunteers during the American Civil War. 324 prisoners were taken, with about 300 ponies and a large number of arms. The present 6th United States Infantry traces its lineage back to this 11th Infantry Regiment. 2d Lt. Junins B. Wheeler. 10 September 1874, Companies D, E, and I of the Eleventh Infantry commanded by Captain Charles A. Wikoff (25 April 1869 8 December 1886 Commanded Company E) and six companies of the Tenth Cavalry, a section of mountain howitzers, and Indian scouts, led by Lieutenant Colonel John W. Davidson, returned to Fort Sill by 16 October 1874. Unofficially, but mainly called the 5th New Jersey Regiment: State Infantry Regiment: 1st Virginia State Regiment: . No. Hills Division, checked the further advance of the enemy and reoccupied the ground from which they had been driven, where, joined by the 7th and 24th, they remained until the morning of the 19th, when the Brigade recrossed the Potomac. Kept by Benjamin Lyons Farinholt (1839-1919) while serving in the 53d Virginia Infantry Regiment, this diary, 2 May-23 September 1862, documents his participation in the battles of Seven Pines and Second Bull Run and the Peninsula campaign. In early 1777, when Morgan was freed from captivity, he was commissioned as a Colonel and assigned command of the 11th Virginia Regiment, and a few months later was also instructed by George Washington to form a Provisional Rifle Corps, men skilled with the use of the long rifle, from his and other nearby regiments. JavaScript is disabled for your browser. [4] His Riflemen proved pivotal in several engagements, including driving back an advanced unit all the way to the enemy's main forces, and later helping turn the main battle by attacking from the right flank, and is credited with forcing the British retreat.[3]. During the war it started in General Floyd's and G.C. 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. The 11th was engaged at Plymouth in North Carolina and after returning to Virginia saw action at Drewry's Bluff and Cold Harbor. Last edited on 11 December 2022, at 09:06, Learn how and when to remove this template message, Personal reminiscences of the war of 1861-5: in camp--en bivouac--on the march--on picket--on the skirmish line--on the battlefield--and in prison (1911), https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=11th_Virginia_Infantry_Regiment&oldid=1126802464, This page was last edited on 11 December 2022, at 09:06. [52] The 11th Infantry played a prominent role in the reduction of the fortified city of Metz in the fall of 1944, particularly during the costly Battle of Fort Driant where the 2nd Battalion of the 11th Infantry was nearly destroyed again. See FS Library book 975.5 M2vr v. 20for a complete muster roster of this Regiment. In the second phase of the Meuse-Argonne offensive, the regiment forged a brilliant crossing of the Meuse River. Field officers at Valley Forge were Colonel Daniel Morgan, Lt. His "arrow" was really a spear with feathers on the end and a handle. The 11th Virginia was organized at Lynchburg, Virginia, in May, 1861, and accepted into Confederate service in July. The third colonel of the regiment was Moody Bedel (4 September 1814 to 17 May 1815),[2] became a brigadier general during the War of 1812. 17 April 1887, Company E, Eleventh Infantry, Captain Myer, Eleventh Infantry, commanding, left Fort Sully for Crow Creek Agency, pursuant to War Department order, to aid the agent in removing intruders from the Sioux or Crow Creek and Winnebago reservations, Dakota, under a proclamation by the President of 21 August 1885, declaring inoperative executive order of 27 February 1885, opening certain portions of said reservations to settlement. The larger part of the regiment (seven companies) was sent to the Cheyenne River Agency, Dakota (later called Fort Bennett),[26] where these troops were hutted for shelter during the winter, and three companies were stationed at Standing Rock Agency, Dakota. Col. Edward Fifield of the militia, were conspicuous. Captain John Ward was captured. Title [John W. Anthony of Company B, 11th Virginia Infantry Regiment, Southern Guards] Summary Photograph shows identified soldier, John W. Anthony, who enlisted in Company I, 2nd Virginia Cavalry Regiment, and then in Company B, 11th Virginia Infantry Regiment, as a private and was later promoted to sergeant. for the First U.S. 6th Infantry Regiment see: 2nd Infantry Regiment (United States). George Dameron was a Revolutionary War Patriot, DAR# A029441. It took part in Picketts charge on the right flank of the attacking column, taking heavy casualties from the flanking fire of the Vermont Brigade. PURPOSE [sic] in a brief and concise way to write something of the Old Eleventh Infantry. Mss1F2274a. 26 January 1882, Richard I. if(!commonspot) Provost duty at Headquarters, Army Potomac, until May, and at Richmond. [39], Achille La Guardia (18491904), the father of Fiorello La Guardia, Mayor of New York, was Bandmaster of the 11th U.S. Infantry from 18851898. Wharton's Brigade. [4], 10 February 1813, the Secretary of War ordered Gen. Dearborn to move the two brigades at Plattsburgh (Bloomfield's and Chandler's, numbering 2480 men,) to Sackett's Harbor; and 14 March Dearborn complied, leaving no troops at Plattsburgh, and only the 11th regiment of infantry and a company of artillery at Burlington. During the Mexican Border Crisis 19141917 with Pancho Villa, the regiment served as border guards in Texas City, Texas, New Mexico, and 1915 Naco, Arizona, and April 1917 Douglas, Arizona. 28 April 1904.Companies I and M, Eleventh Infantry, left San Francisco for Fort Mackenzie, Wyoming.
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