11th Vermont Infantry Regiment explained

Unit Name:	11th Vermont Infantry Regiment
Dates:	September 1, 1862 to December 10 (changed to 1st Vermont Heavy Artillery)
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Branch:	United States Army
Type:	Infantry
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Battles:	American Civil War
Commander1:	Colonel James M. Warner

The 11th Vermont Infantry Regiment was a three-years infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. 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.

History

The unit was engaged in, or present at:

• 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. The captives were all sent to Andersonville prison where 232 of them died.
• 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:

• 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

Sources

• Book: Dyer, Frederick Henry. Frederick H. Dyer. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. Dyer Pub. Co.. Des Moines, IA. 1908. B01BUFJ76Q. PDF. August 8, 2015. 34, 233, 310, 328. 406, 1653.
• Book: 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 . . 694018100 . PDF . 116-117.
• Dan . Taylor . 2010 . Barton Believables:Ellery Webster, Union POW - Part One . Vermont's Northland Journal . 9 . 3 . 16–20 .
• Web site: 2016 . 1st Vermont Heavy Artillery Regiment . December 17, 2020 . The Civil War in the East . .
• Web site: Battle Unit Details, 1st Regiment, Vermont Heavy Artillery. nps.gov. January 19, 2007. U.S. National Park Service. December 4, 2023. .
• Web site: 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 . .
• Web site: A Melancholy Affair at the Weldon Railroad . www.weldonrailroad.com . September 13, 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080912153748/http://www.weldonrailroad.com/narrativeaccounts.html . September 12, 2008 . unfit . . 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