The Civil War in the East

11th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment

 

The 11th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment lost 11 officers and 153 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 2 officers and 95 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.

It is honored by a monument at Gettysburg (right).

Monument to the 11th MAssachusetts Infantry Regimtn at Gettysburg

1861

June 13,

Organized at Readville and mustered in

June 24

Left State for Washington, D.C.; attached to Franklin's Brigade, Heintzelman's Division, McDowell's Army of Northeast Virginia

July 16-21

Advance on Manassas, Va.

July 21

Battle of Bull Run

August

Attached to Hooker's Brigade, Division of the Potomac

August 10

Moved to Bladensburg

October

Attached to 1st Brigade, Hooker's Division, Army of the Potomac

October 27

To Budd's Ferry and duty in that area

1862

March,

Assigned to the 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac

April 7

Ordered to Fortress Monroe, Va.

April 16-May 4

Siege of Yorktown, Va.

April 26

Affair at Yorktown (Cos. A and G)

May 5

Battle of Williamsburg

May 31-June 1

Battle of Fair Oaks, Seven Pines

June 25-July 1

Seven days before Richmond

June 25

Oak Grove, near Fair Oaks

June 29

Savage Station

June 30

White Oak Swamp and Glendale

July 1 and
August 5

Malvern Hill

August 6 - 15

At Harrison's Landing

August 15-26

Movement to Fortress Monroe, then to Centreville

August 26-27

Bristoe Station

August 27

Kettle Run

August 28

Catlett's Station

August 29

Groveton

August 30

Bull Run

September 1

Chantilly

September 2 - 13

Camp near Fort Lyon

September 14 -
October 20

Near Fairfax Seminary

October 21 -

November 1

At Munson's Hill

November 2-25

At Fairfax Station

November 10-12

Operations on Orange & Alexandria R. R.

December

Rappahannock Campaign

December 12-15

Battle of Fredericksburg

1863

January 20-24

"Mud March"

February 5-7

Operations at Rappahannock Bridge and Grove Church

February 8 -
April 27

At Falmouth

April 27-May 6

Chancellorsville Campaign

May 1-5

Battle of Chancellorsville

June 11-July 24

Gettysburg Campaign

 

July 1-4

Battle of Gettysburg

Commanded by Lt. Colonel Porter D. Tripp. It brought 364 men to the field and lost 23 killed, 96 wounded and 10 missing.

July 23

Wapping Heights

July 30-August 1

Moved to New York

October 17

Rejoin Corps at Union Mills

November 7-8

Advance to the Rappahannock

November 7

Kelly's Ford

November 26-
December 2

Mine Run Campaign

November 27

Payne's Farm

December

Duty near Brandy Station

1864

February 6-7

Demonstration on the Rapidan

March

Assigned to the 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, 2nd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac

May

Assigned to the 4th Brigade, 3rd Division, 2nd Army Corps

May-June

Rapidan Campaign

June

Assigned to the 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 2nd Army Corps

May 5-7

Battles of the Wilderness

May 8-12

Spottsylvania

May 12-21

Spottsylvania C. H.

May 12

Assault on the Salient at Spottsylvania C. H.

May 19

Harris Farm, Fredericksburg Road

May 23-26

North Anna River

May 26-28

Line of the Pamunkey

May 28-31

Totopotomoy

June 1-12

Cold Harbor.

June 12

Old members left front. Veterans and Recruits consolidated to a Battalion of 5 Companies.

June 16-18

Before Petersburg

June 16

Siege of Petersburg begins

June 22-23

Jerusalem Plank Road

June 24

Old members mustered out

July 11

Veterans and Recruits transferred from 16th Massachusetts Infantry

July 27-29

Demonstration on north side of the James

July 27-28

Deep Bottom

July 30

Mine Explosion, Petersburg (Reserve)

August 13-20

Demonstration on north side of the James River

August 14-18

Strawberry Plains

September 29-
October 2

Peeble's Farm, Poplar Grove Church

October 27-28

Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher's Run

November 5

In front of Fort Morton

December 7-11

Expedition to Weldon Railroad

1865

March 25

Watkin's House

March 31

Crow's House

April 2

Fall of Petersburg

April 6

Sailor's Creek

April 7

High Bridge and Farmville

April 9

Appomattox C. H. Surrender of Lee and his army.

April 11-13

March to Burkesville and duty there

May 2-15

March to Washington, D.C.

May 23

Grand Review

June 14

Mustered out