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11th Vermont Infantry Regiment

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11th Vermont Infantry Regiment
Flag of Vermont, 1837–1923
ActiveSeptember 1, 1862 to December 10 (changed to 1st Vermont Heavy Artillery)
AllegianceUnited States
BranchUnited States Army
TypeInfantry
EngagementsAmerican Civil War
Commanders
Current
commander
Colonel James M. Warner

The 11th Vermont Infantry Regiment was a three-years infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.[1] 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.[2]

History

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The unit was engaged in, or present at:[3]

Losses in the war

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The regiment lost during service:[6]

  • 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

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Citations

Sources

  • Dyer, Frederick Henry (1908). A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion (PDF). Des Moines, IA: Dyer Pub. Co. pp. 34, 233, 310, 328. 406, 1653. ASIN B01BUFJ76Q. Retrieved August 8, 2015.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • Federal Publishing Company (1908). Military Affairs and Regimental Histories of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, And Delaware (PDF). 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. Vol. I. Madison, WI: Federal Publishing Company. pp. 116–117. OCLC 694018100.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • Taylor, Dan (2010). "Barton Believables:Ellery Webster, Union POW - Part One". Vermont's Northland Journal. 9 (3): 16–20.
  • "1st Vermont Heavy Artillery Regiment". The Civil War in the East. 2016. Retrieved December 17, 2020.
  • "Battle Unit Details, 1st Regiment, Vermont Heavy Artillery". nps.gov. U.S. National Park Service. January 19, 2007. Retrieved December 4, 2023.
  • Vermont in the Civil War (2004). "11th Vermont Infantry (aka First Heavy Artillery, Vermont Volunteers". vermontcivilwar.org. Archived from the original on October 1, 2022. Retrieved April 26, 2020.
  • "A Melancholy Affair at the Weldon Railroad". www.weldonrailroad.com. September 13, 2007. Archived from the original on September 12, 2008. Retrieved September 5, 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

Further reading

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  • 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.
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