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 The First Vermont Brigade, or "Old Brigade" was an infantry brigade in the Union Army of the Potomac during the American Civil War. It suffered the highest casualty count of any brigade in the history of the United States Army, with some 1,172 kille ...
in
VI Corps 6 Corps, 6th Corps, Sixth Corps, or VI Corps may refer to:
France
* VI Cavalry Corps (Grande Armée), a cavalry formation of the Imperial French army during the Napoleonic Wars
* VI Corps (Grande Armée), a formation of the Imperial French army dur ...
. 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
Petersburg, or Petersburgh, may refer to:
Places Australia
*Petersburg, former name of Peterborough, South Australia
Canada
* Petersburg, Ontario
Russia
*Saint Petersburg, sometimes referred to as Petersburg
United States
*Peterborg, U.S. Virg ...
, and the first Battle of
Weldon Railroad Weldon may refer to:
Places
In Canada:
* Weldon, Saskatchewan
In England:
* Weldon, Northamptonshire
* Weldon, Northumberland
In the United States:
* Weldon, Arkansas
* Weldon, California
* Weldon, Illinois
* Weldon, Iowa
* Weldon, North Caroli ...
, 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
Winchester is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city in Hampshire, England. The city lies at the heart of the wider City of Winchester, a local government Districts of England, district, at the western end of the South Downs Nation ...
, 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:
1st Vermont Heavy Artillery Regiment
''The Civil War in the East''
* 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.
File:Lt. Col. George Ephraim Chamberlin, 1st Vermont Heavy Artillery.jpg, Lt. Col. George Ephraim Chamberlin of the 1st Vermont Heavy Artillery Regiment
File:21-01-226-vermont.jpg, Memorial to the Vermonters who Perished at Andersonville
References
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
Units and formations of the Union Army from Vermont
Vermont Brigade
1862 establishments in Vermont
Artillery units and formations of the American Civil War
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