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The 11th Infantry Regiment is a regiment in the United States Army. In 2007, the 11th Infantry was reflagged as the 199th Infantry Brigade, as part of the "Transformation of the US Army" effort. Today, the 11th Infantry Regiment is part of the Army's regimental system and is the primary regiment to which many
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units are aligned.


Earlier units called "11th Infantry Regiment"


The first 11th Infantry

Under the authority granted the
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by the Act of 16 July 1798, to raise twelve additional regiments of infantry, the first 11th Infantry came into existence in the
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in January 1799, with Aaron Ogden as Lieutenant Colonel Commandant. It was raised for the "
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" with France but saw no war service. The Act of 20 February 1800, suspended enlistments for the new regiments. The Act of 14 May 1800, authorized the president to discharge them, and under this authority the 11th Infantry was disbanded 15 June 1800.


War of 1812

The second 11th U.S. regiment of infantry was organized on 11 January 1812 when the
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authorized a strengthening of the
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in preparation for the threatening conflict that became known as the
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. During the summer little was done in Vermont beyond organizing the 11th infantry, which seems to have consisted originally of six companies from
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and four from
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. The army gathered at
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, numbering about eight thousand men, of whom nearly one half were Vermonters. Among them was the 11th regiment of regulars under Col. Isaac Clark (12 March 1812 to 27 April 1814). On 16 November 1812 the largest portion moved north under the immediate command of Maj. Gen.
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, then the senior officer of the army, and on 18 November encamped about half a mile south of the Canadian boundary line. The force there assembled numbered three thousand regulars and two thousand militia, while the entire British force on the northern frontier did not exceed three thousand, and of these not more than one thousand were within striking distance of the American army. When Dearborn was prepared to cross the line, the British Major Salaberry also prepared to meet him. Early in the morning of 20 November, a detachment of Dearborn's army forded the La Colle river and surrounded a British guard-house, which was occupied by Canadian militia and a few Indians, who broke through the American lines and escaped unhurt. In the meantime a second party of the Americans had advanced, and commenced a sharp fire on those in possession of the ground, mistaking them for the British picket. This fire continued for nearly half an hour, when, being undeceived, both parties hastily retreated, leaving behind five killed and as many wounded. The troops immediately afterwards returned to Champlain, and on 23 November to Plattsburgh, when the militia were disbanded, and the 11th U.S. regiment was sent to
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, with the 9th, 21st, and 25th, all under the command of Brig. Gen.
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of Maine. The Vermont non-intercourse act, passed 6 November 1812, provided "that all officers, civil and military, of this State, shall aid in currying this act into full force ;" and therefore, immediately after the return of the 11th U.S. regiment and militia from Pittsburgh, a vigorous enforcement of the act along the northern boundary line of Vermont was commenced. In this work Col. Isaac Clark of the 11th Infantry regiment, and Lieut. Col. Edward Fifield of the militia, were conspicuous. 10 February 1813, the
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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. The 11th Infantry regiment was not full at that time, but was to be filled in a few weeks. 13 May 1813, five hundred men from the 11th Infantry regiment, being the first battalion, were ordered to
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, and on 31 May left Burlington under the command of Lieut. Col.
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. This 11th Infantry Regiment participated in the following: the
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; the Second Battle of Lacolle Mills; the
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, the
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, the Battle of Chippawa, where Colonel
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(9 April to 28 August 1814), was mortally wounded and the 11th Infantry came under command of Maj.
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, who was breveted Lt. Col. for his actions; and the
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. The third colonel of the regiment was Moody Bedel (4 September 1814 to 17 May 1815), became a brigadier general during the War of 1812. He was the son of
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a commander during the American Revolution. Moody Bedel's son John Bedel was a brigadier general of volunteers during the American Civil War. It was consolidated May–October 1815 with a company of the 25th Infantry and a company each of the 27th, 29th, and 37th Infantry to form a company of the 6th Infantry. The present 6th United States Infantry traces its lineage back to this 11th Infantry Regiment. for the First U.S. 6th Infantry Regiment see: 2nd Infantry Regiment (United States) The official U.S. Army lineage of the present 11th Infantry Regiment starts with the Civil War in 1861.


Mexican–American War

The third 11th U.S. regiment of infantry was authorized by Congress on 11 February 1847, as a one-year regiment for the
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. Albert C. Ramsey was appointed Colonel of the 11th Infantry on 9 April 1847, headquarters at Baltimore. The companies of infantry to be raised in Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Virginia. The 11th Infantry participated in the following:
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, the
Battle of Contreras The Battle of Contreras, also known as the Battle of Padierna, took place on 19–20 August 1847, in one of the final encounters of the Mexican–American War, as invading U.S. forces under Winfield Scott approached the Mexican capital. Americ ...
, the
Battle of Churubusco The Battle of Churubusco took place on August 20, 1847, while Santa Anna's army was in retreat from the Battle of Contreras or Battle of Padierna during the Mexican–American War. It was the battle where the San Patricio Battalion, made up ...
, the
Battle of Molino del Rey The Battle of Molino del Rey (8 September 1847) was one of the bloodiest engagements of the Mexican–American War as part of the Battle for Mexico City. It was fought in September 1847 between Mexican forces under General Antonio León against ...
(Lieutenant-Colonel William M. Graham, Eleventh Infantry, whose regiment had participated actively in capturing Molinos del Rey, received two wounds, either of which was mortal, and fell at the head of his command while leading a charge against the northern angle of the buildings. A portion of his regiment, under Lieuts. Thomas F. McCoy and Benjamin F. Harley, was active in pursuit of the Mexicans after the attack on the Casa, Mata.), the
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and the
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under command of Col.
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. This 11th Infantry Regiment was disbanded in August 1848. Officers of this regiment that served in the Civil War: * Lt.-Col. John H. Savage, Col. C. S. A. Civil War. * Captain Charles T. Campbell, Brig. Gen. U.S. Vol. Civil War. * Captain Arthur C. Cummings, Bvt. Maj.; Col. C. S. A. Civil War. * Captain William H. Irwin, Bvt. Maj.; Col. U.S. V. Civil War. * Captain William B. Taliaferro, Maj. 9th infantry; Col. C. S. A. Civil War. * 1st Lt. William H. Gray, Col. U.S. Vol. Civil War. * 1st Lt. John I. Gregg, Col. U.S. Vol. Civil War. * 1st Lt. Thomas F. McCoy, Col. U.S. Vol. Civil War. * 2d Lt. John A. Bayard, 2d Lt. U.S. Vol. Civil War; died 3 August 1863, of wounds received at the battle of Gettysburg, Pa. * 2d Lt. James Elder, Capt.
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Civil War. * 2d Lt. William . Murray, Col U.S. Vol. Civil War; killed 23 March 1862, at the battle of Winchester, Va. * 2d Lt. Andrew H. Tippin, Bvt. 1st Lt. Contreras and Churubusco; Col. U.S. Vol. Civil War. * 2nd Lt. Thomas Welsh, Brig. Gen. U.S. Vol. Civil War; died 16 August 1863, of malaria contracted at Vicksburg. * 2d Lt. Junins B. Wheeler. Capt. U.S. Army. Civil War.


Old Eleventh Infantry

This was the regiment known as the Eleventh Infantry Regiment during the
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until 1869. The official U.S. Army lineage of three present-day U.S. Infantry regiments trace back to this regiment.


Civil War

The fourth 11th Infantry was organized on 4 May 1861 by direction of the
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. On 14 May 1861, President
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issued an executive order, directing an increase of the regimental organizations of the Regular Army. The 11th Infantry was the first, numerically, of the nine infantry regiments, of three battalions of eight companies each, were of the increase authorized. In G. O. No. 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. The 11th Infantry was organized at Fort Independence,
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,
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, as regimental headquarters, and which remained the 11th's headquarters during the War. Erasmus D. Keyes was served as colonel of the 11th U.S. Infantry from 14 May 1861 to 6 May 1864. William S. Ketchum served as colonel of the 11th U.S. Infantry 6 May 1864 to 15 March 1869. After six companies had been organized and assigned to the 1st Battalion, 11th Infantry Regiment, it was ordered to Perryville, Maryland, 10 October 1861, and duty there until March 1862. Ordered to Washington, D.C. Attached to Sykes' Regular Infantry, Reserve Brigade, Army Potomac, to May 1862. The 11th then campaigned September 1863 to November 1864 as part of the 5th Army Corps,
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and 8th Army Corps, Middle Department, to January 1865. The 11th took part in the following: Peninsula Campaign,
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, Battle of Mechanicsville, Gaines' Mill, Turkey Bridge 30 June,
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Malvern Hill, At Harrison's Landing until 16 August. Movement to Fortress Monroe, thence to Centerville 16–28 August. Pope's Northern Virginia Campaign, Battle of Groveton 29 August,
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, Maryland Campaign,
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, Shepherdstown Ford 19–20 September,
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, "Mud March", Chancellorsville Campaign 27 April – 6 May,
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, Gettysburg Campaign,
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, Pursuit of Lee 5–24 July. On special duty at New York 21 August – 14 September. Rejoined army, Bristoe Campaign,
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,
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, Rapidan Campaign,
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,
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,
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, Pamunkey 26–28 May,
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, Bethesda Church 1–3 June,
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,
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, Mine Explosion, Petersburg,
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, Poplar Springs Church, Peeble's Farm, Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher's Run. Moved to
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, 2 November, thence to Baltimore, Maryland., 18 November, and to Annapolis, Maryland., 5 December. Duty at Camp Parole, Annapolis, Md., until 26 January 1865. Ordered to City Point, Virginia., 26 January, and camp near Gen. Grant's Headquarters until 8 March. Provost duty at Headquarters, Army Potomac, until May, and at Richmond. Va., until October 1865. 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. Total, 213. After the surrender, the 11th Infantry with other Regular troops, was sent to Richmond, Va., where it arrived May 3d. It did provost duty in Richmond until the civil government of the city was organized, and at Libby Prison until its use was discontinued. During the summer and fall of 1865 the twenty-four companies of the regiment were organized. In the summer of 1866, the regiment suffered a great mortality from cholera.


=Medal of Honor

= 1st Lt. John H. Patterson was awarded the
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for courage under fire at the
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. CAPT James Madison Cutts received the award on 2 May 1891 for his actions as a captain in the 11th Infantry Regiment, US Army, at the Battle of the Wilderness, Virginia, the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia, and the Battle of Petersburg, Virginia, all between 5 May 1864 and 18 June 1864.


=Biographies

= The following men served in the 11th Infantry during the Civil War: John S. Mason,
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, Charles Sawyer Russell, John C. Bates,
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, and David R. Lillibridge.


1866 Army reorganization

By an Act of Congress, dated 28 July 1866, the three battalion regiments were discontinued and the Army was reorganized. The 11th was divided into three regiments, each battalion receiving two additional companies and being organized along traditional lines. 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. Soon afterward the 29th Infantry (3d Battalion) was ordered to Lynchburg, Virginia. In January 1866, the 20th Infantry (2d Battalion) was ordered to New Orleans, Louisiana, leaving the 1st Battalion heir to the colors and records of the 11th Infantry. Company B, 1st Battalion, 11th Infantry was reorganized and redesignated on 5 December 1866 as Company B, 11th Infantry.


1869 Army reorganization

Company B, 11th Infantry was consolidated 31 March 1869 with Company B, 34th Infantry and consolidated unit redesignated as Company B, 16th Infantry. Though the present-day 11th Infantry does not trace its lineage to this regiment it was referred to as the origin of the current 11th Infantry up to at least 1931.


Present 11th Infantry Regiment

The fifth 11th Infantry Regiment, to which the present-day 11th traces its lineage.


Lineage

The 11th Infantry was constituted on 3 May 1861 by president
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in the Regular Army as Company A, 2d Battalion, 15th Infantry. It was organized on 6 May 1862 at
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, Kentucky, as one of the nine "three-battalion" regiments of regulars, each battalion containing eight companies of infantry, in contrast to the original ten regular regiments of infantry, which were organized on the traditional ten-company line. As Company A, 2d Battalion 15th Infantry, the regiment first campaigned as part of the
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and later as part of the
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, participating in such battles as Shiloh, the Kentucky Campaign,
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, the
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, and the march through Georgia.


1866 Army reorganization

Company A, 2d Battalion, 15th Infantry was reorganized and redesignated on 1 December 1866 as Company A, 24th Infantry.


1869 Army reorganization

The 24th Infantry (originally 2nd Battalion 15th Infantry) was consolidated into five companies, and the 29th Infantry (originally 3rd Battalion 11th Infantry) also into five companies, and by General Orders No. 80, dated 5th Military District, 25 April 1869, the consolidation of the two regiments into the Eleventh Infantry was completed and designated as Company A, 11th Infantry. :General Orders No. 17. :Headquarters of the Army, Adjutant General's Office, Washington, 15 March 1869. :Reorganization of the Infantry of the Army. :16. Eleventh infantry, to be composed of the 24th and 29th regiments.—The 24th and 29th regiments, in the department of Texas, will be consolidated for service in that department, and will hereafter be known as the 11th infantry. The field officers will be: Alvan C. Gillem, colonel; George P. Buell, lieutenant colonel; Lyman Bissell, major. :Report of Brevet Major General E. R. S. Canby. :Headquarters First Military District, :State of Virginia, Richmond, Va., 10 October 1869. :Richmond and vicinity.—six companies of the Eleventh Infantry, :Lynchburg.—Headquarters Twenty-ninth and two companies of the Eleventh Infantry. :Lexington.—One company Eleventh Infantry. :Warrenton.—One company Eleventh Infantry. :In the month of March the Eleventh Infantry was transferred to the fourth military district.


History

The fifth or present Eleventh Infantry was formed by the consolidation of the 24th and 29th Regiments of Infantry on 25 April 1869.


Indian Wars


=Department of Texas

= October 1869: :Bryan, Texas Bvt. Major T.H. Norton 11th Inf. 1 Company :Galveston, Texas Bvt. Maj. Gen. A.C. Gillem 11th Inf. 1 Company :Austin, Texas 11th Inf. 1 Company :Jefferson, Texas Maj. Lyman Bissell 11th Inf. 1 Company :Greenville, Texas 11th Inf. 1 Company :Brenham, Texas Bvt. Lt. Col. James Biddle 11th Inf. 1 Company :Columbus, Texas Bvt. Maj. Charles A. Wikoff (25 April 1869 – 8 December 1886 Commanded Company E) On 5 June 1871, Company F of the Eleventh Infantry was sent to
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, a subpost of
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, with a six-man detachment of the Fourth Cavalry, to protect the traffic through the area, and to guard the mail station at Mountain Pass, the first stop south of Phantom Hill. On 10 June 1871, a few days after its arrival at Mountain Pass, the Eleventh Infantry detachment was attacked by a war party of about seventy-five
Comanches The Comanche or Nʉmʉnʉʉ ( com, Nʉmʉnʉʉ, "the people") are a Native American tribe from the Southern Plains of the present-day United States. Comanche people today belong to the federally recognized Comanche Nation, headquartered in La ...
and
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. A skirmish of one and a half hours ensued until the Indians broke off hostilities, with six killed and several wounded. 19 June 1871, Company H, Eleventh Infantry, with six companies of the Fourth Cavalry, and twenty
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scouts, under Colonel
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left Fort Richardson. 10 October 1871, Companies F and I, Eleventh Infantry, took part in the
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under Col. Ranald S. Mackenzie. On 10 January 1872, Company G (Captain
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commanding 1869–1886), Eleventh Infantry, reestablished Fort Phantom Hill. 8 February 1872, Company G was replaced by Company A of the Eleventh Infantry, along with two Tonkawa scouts and a six-man detachment of the Fourth Cavalry. On 8 March 1872, Company A at Phantom Hill was relieved by Company F and was replaced 6 April, for the last time by Company G. 15 June 1872, a detachment from Company H, Eleventh Infantry at Fort Concho in
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successfully defended Johnson's Mail Station against an Indian raid.


Medal of Honor

5 August 1872, Private
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, Company G, Eleventh Infantry, escorted a mail coach from
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, to Fort Griffin. Fifteen miles from Fort Belknap and near Fort Griffin, it was attacked by a band of eight to 10 Kiowa Indians. McDonald was awarded the
Medal of Honor The Medal of Honor (MOH) is the United States Armed Forces' highest military decoration and is awarded to recognize American soldiers, sailors, marines, airmen, guardians and coast guardsmen who have distinguished themselves by acts of valor. ...
for gallantry in defeating Indians who attacked the mail. 2 April 1873, Eleventh Infantry at
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to escort surveyors on the Rio Pecos.


Red River War

During the
Red River War The Red River War was a military campaign launched by the United States Army in 1874 to displace the Comanche, Kiowa, Southern Cheyenne, and Arapaho Native American tribes from the Southern Plains, and forcibly relocate the tribes to reservatio ...
, the regiment was in the following actions: 5 February 1874, Lieutenant-Colonel George P. Buell, Eleventh Infantry, with Troops G and D, Tenth Cavalry, Company F, Eleventh Infantry, and detachments of Companies A and G, Eleventh Infantry, attacked a camp of hostile Qua ha dee Comanches on the
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, Texas, killed eleven Indians and captured sixty-five horses. One enlisted man was wounded in the fight. 20 July 1874, in Palo Pinto County, Texas, a detachment of two officers, nine men and nine Tonkawa scouts, under command of Lieutenant Colonel G. P. Buell, Eleventh Infantry, attacked a war party of Indians and captured one horse. 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
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,
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, and then west to operate along the Salt Fork of the Red River. 23 August 1874, Company H, Eleventh Infantry, left Fort Concho in a column with eight companies of the Fourth Cavalry, four companies of the Tenth, and an assortment of scouts Under the command of Colonel Mackenzie. 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. Company C, Eleventh Infantry and two companies of the Tenth Cavalry were left to garrison Fort Sill. 26 September 1874, Company H, Eleventh Infantry, in a column with eight companies of the Fourth Cavalry, four companies of the Tenth, and an assortment of scouts Under the command of Colonel Mackenzie fought a skirmish in Tule Canyon when Indians attacked at night attempting to stampede the horses. 28 September 1874, Company H, Eleventh Infantry, in the same column attacked a camp of Comanche, Kiowa, and
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in the
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under Colonel Mackenzie. 9 October 1874, on Salt Fork of Red River, Texas, the scouts of a column consisting of Companies A, E, F, H, and I, Eleventh Infantry, under Lieutenant-Colonel Buell, Eleventh Infantry, struck a band of Kiowas, killed one of them, and destroyed their camp. Pursuit was made for a considerable distance, the main column destroying several hundred lodges in various abandoned camps, but the Indians escaped northward. 8 November 1874, Troops B, C, F, and H, Tenth Cavalry, detachments Companies E and I, Eleventh Infantry, and thirty Indian scouts, all under command of Capt. C. D. Viele, Tenth Cavalry, were detached from Colonel Davidson's column near McClellan Creek, Texas, to pursue the band attacked by Lieutenant Baldwin the same day. Captain Viele's command chased the Indians for a distance of ninety-six miles, having several slight skirmishes with the rear guard of Indians and capturing a number of ponies and mules, the latter packed, which the Indians had abandoned in the flight. 7 December 1874, Major G.W. Schofield, with D, K, and M Companies of the Tenth Cavalry and Company C, Eleventh Infantry left Fort Sill. Marched more than 200 miles between the Canadian and Washita returning on 31 December 1875. May 1875, Companies B, E, and K, Eleventh Infantry, at Fort Richardson.


=Department of Dakota

= In August and September 1876, the regiment was sent from the Department of Texas to the
Department of Dakota A subdivision of the Division of the Missouri, the Department of Dakota was established by the United States Army on August 11, 1866, to encompass all military activities and forts within Minnesota, Dakota Territory and Montana Territory. The Depa ...
for field service in connection with the
Great Sioux War of 1876-77 The Great Sioux War of 1876, also known as the Black Hills War, was a series of battles and negotiations that occurred in 1876 and 1877 in an alliance of Lakota Sioux and Northern Cheyenne against the United States. The cause of the war was the ...
in the
Dakota Territory The Territory of Dakota was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from March 2, 1861, until November 2, 1889, when the final extent of the reduced territory was split and admitted to the Union as the states of No ...
and in
Montana Montana () is a state in the Mountain West division of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west, North Dakota and South Dakota to the east, Wyoming to the south, and the Canadian provinces of Alberta, British Columbi ...
. The larger part of the regiment (seven companies) was sent to the
Cheyenne River Agency The Cheyenne River Indian Reservation was created by the United States in 1889 by breaking up the Great Sioux Reservation, following the attrition of the Lakota in a series of wars in the 1870s. The reservation covers almost all of Dewey ...
, Dakota (later called Fort Bennett), where these troops were hutted for shelter during the winter, and three companies were stationed at
Standing Rock Agency The Standing Rock Reservation ( lkt, Íŋyaŋ Woslál Háŋ) lies across the border between North and South Dakota in the United States, and is inhabited by ethnic "Hunkpapa and Sihasapa bands of Lakota Oyate and the Ihunktuwona and Pabaksa ...
, Dakota. In 1877 the regiment was transferred from the Department of Texas to the Department of Dakota. In April and May 1877, three companies (C, F and G) were moved from Cheyenne Agency, and three companies ( A, B and H) from
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in the Standing Rock Agency to the Little Big Horn, Montana, under the command of Lieut.-Colonel G. P. Buell, 11th Infantry, where they constructed the post of Fort Custer. Early in July ten companies of the Seventh Cavalry, four of the First, and two (D and H) of the Eleventh Infantry, were dispatched to establish a summer camp near
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, north of Deadwood to scout the region lying north, northeast, east, and southeast from that point and keep the country clear of Indians. Four of these companies (two of cavalry and two of infantry) have since been assigned to constitute this winter's garrison for the new post near that place now being constructed under the direction of Major Henry M. Lazelle, First Infantry. The balance of this command is still occupying its camp. This camp became
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. During the years 1877 and 1878 the different companies of the regiment were employed as occasion demanded on expeditions and scouts against hostile Indians. April 1879, Captain George K. Sanderson, Company C, Eleventh Infantry, sent from Fort Custer to the Custer battlefield to police and rebury any exposed remains. 12 October 1880,
Camp Poplar River Camp Poplar River was established during the Indian wars in the Department of Dakota by U.S. Army to maintain order, keep non-agency Indians away, and help capture the Indians who disturbed the peace and would not conform to reservation boundaries ...
, Mont., established, Companies B and F, Eleventh Infantry, from Fort Custer, arriving this day and taking station. 18 October 1880,
Camp Porter Camp Porter, Montana Territory, was established as a single-year camp in the Department of Dakota by the U.S. Army, to provide protection to Northern Pacific Railway construction crews during the Indian Wars. Established Camp Porter was establish ...
, Mont., on the right bank of the Yellowstone, about 3 miles above the mouth of Glendive Creek, was established by Company A, Eleventh Infantry, from Fort Sully, and Company B, Seventeenth Infantry, from Fort Yates, as a winter camp for troops guarding working parties and material on the Northern Pacific Railroad. 11 November 1880, Lieutenant Frederick F. Kislingbury, Eleventh Infantry, with a detachment consisting of twelve men, Second Cavalry, and ten
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, was attacked by a war party of
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near the mouth of the Musselshell, Montana, and had one horse killed and three wounded; one of the hostiles was reported killed. On 2 January 1881, Company F, 11th Infantry, was engaged in an attack upon hostile Indians, under
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, near Camp Poplar Creek (now the
Fort Peck Indian Reservation The Fort Peck Indian Reservation ( asb, húdam wįcášta, dak, Waxchį́ca oyáte) is located near Fort Peck, Montana, in the northeast part of the state. It is the home of several federally recognized bands of Assiniboine The Assinibo ...
), as part of the command of Major G. Ilges, 5th Infantry. The infantry battalion, composed of Company F, 11th Infantry, and detachments of Companies A, B and E, 7th Infantry, and one three-inch gun, all under command of Captain Ogden B. Read, 11th Infantry, left the agency at 11.30 A. M., marched three miles, crossed the Missouri River, took and held a point of timber commanding the lower village of the Indians until joined by Major Ilges with the main command (5 companies 5th Infantry, 1 company 7th Cavalry and an artillery detachment). The attack commenced at once, and after an engagement of about one hour, during which Company F was engaged in firing upon and turning back Indians attempting to escape from the artillery fire, resulted in the capturing of three Indian villages and their destruction. 324 prisoners were taken, with about 300 ponies and a large number of arms. No casualties among the troops. Loss of enemy in killed and wounded not known. 7 November 1881, Troop G, Seventh Cavalry, and Company G, Eleventh Infantry, were relieved from duty in this department and ordered to proceed to
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, Kansas, for duty at the School of Instruction orming the first garrison 26 January 1882, Richard I. Dodge promoted to Colonel, commanding, Eleventh Infantry, the first four years at Fort Sully, Dakota Territory. May 1883, Department of Dakota annual marksmanship competition at headquarters
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, Eleventh Infantry had the best overall scores in the entire Army taking home two medals. 28 June 1883, Col. Dodge was ordered to report to Fort Snelling in order to escort General of the Army
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and General
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on a 10,000-mile inspection tour across the northern tier of territories, on to the Pacific Northwest, south through California, and east through the Southwest to Denver. Company K, Thirteenth Infantry, arrived and took station at Fort Leavenworth, Kans., 9 September 1886, relieving Company G, Eleventh Infantry, which left 11 September 1886, for
Fort Abraham Lincoln Fort Abraham Lincoln State Park is a North Dakota state park located south of Mandan, North Dakota, United States. The park is home to the replica Mandan On-A-Slant Indian Village and reconstructed military buildings including the Custer House. ...
, Dak., per Special Orders No. 116, Headquarters Division Missouri, 1886. 13 September 1886, Company G, Eleventh Infantry, arrived and took station at Fort Abraham Lincoln from Fort Leavenworth, Kans. 20 August 1886, Companies C and H, Eleventh Infantry, left
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, Dak., by boat to proceed to and take station at Fort Yates, Dak.; arrived 26 August. 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. Arrived there 21 April; returned 27 May. 27 May 1887, Company E, Eleventh Infantry, reported on last return as having left Fort Sully 17 April 1877, to aid in removing settlers from the Sioux, or Crow Creek, and Winnebago reservations, Dak., returned, having accomplished the duty assigned.


=Bandmaster

= Achille La Guardia (1849–1904), the father of
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, Mayor of New York, was Bandmaster of the 11th U.S. Infantry from 1885–1898. 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.


=Division of the Atlantic

= 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,
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. Company B at Fort Wood, Bedlow's Island, New York Harbor, Companies E and K at
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,
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, Company C at
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and Company F at
Plattsburgh Barracks The "Old Stone Barracks" is the last remaining structure of a proposed quadrangle (architecture), quadrangle of early U.S. Army barracks built at Plattsburgh, New York (state), New York in 1838. Of the four main buildings initially planned for ...
,
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.


=Department of Arizona

= November 1891 Company I
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], stationed at Fort Whipple, Arizona, Whipple Barracks transferred from the 9th Infantry to the 11th at Fort Huachuca. December 1891 Eleventh Infantry transferred from Madison Barracks to Fort Huachuca. April 1892 headquarters and band and one Company transferred to Whipple Barracks. May 1892 Company C from Fort Niagara Companies A and D from Madison Barracks arrive at Whipple Barracks followed by Companies G and K. Companie B and E at Fort Apache, and Companies F and H at San Carlos in the
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. September 1893, General McCook ordered that the Apaches in Company I, Eleventh Infantry, be discharged when their furloughs expired in July 1894. April 1898 Eleventh Infantry transferred from Whipple Barracks to
Jefferson Barracks The Jefferson Barracks Military Post is located on the Mississippi River at Lemay, Missouri, south of St. Louis. It was an important and active U.S. Army installation from 1826 through 1946. It is the oldest operating U.S. military installation w ...
, St. Louis, Missouri. The regiment became known as the Wandering 11th when between 1898 and 1920, the 1st Battalion made 29 changes of station, including seven years of foreign service.


War with Spain

The Eleventh Infantry left Jefferson Barracks, Missouri, 19 April 1898, then to a training camp near
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, via Chickamauga, and on to Tampa, Florida arriving 7 June, for transport to Puerto Rico. During The
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, the Eleventh Infantry saw action under Brigadier General
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in the Battle of Silva Heights in the Puerto Rican Campaign. 1900
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, headquarters, band, and 5 companies Eleventh Infantry. The following officers received distinguished mention in General Schwan's reports, for service rendered under fire during the campaign in western Puerto Rico: * Lieutenant-Colonel Burke, Eleventh Infantry. * Major Gilbreath, Eleventh Infantry. * Captain P. M. B. Travis, Eleventh Infantry. * Captain R. W. Hoyt, Eleventh Infantry. * Captain A. L. Myer, Eleventh Infantry. * Captain Penrose, Eleventh Infantry. * Lieutenant Odón Gurvoits, Eleventh Infantry. * Lieutenant T. F. Maginnis, Eleventh Infantry. * Lieutenant Alexander, Eleventh Infantry. * Lieutenant Wells, Eleventh Infantry.


Department of the East

Movements of troops from and to extraterritorial stations from November–December 1900. Headquarters, Companies I and M, Eleventh Infantry, arrived at
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, D. C., from Porto icRico. Companies K and L, Eleventh Infantry, arrived at Fort McPherson, Georgia. Companies A, B, C, and D, Eleventh Infantry, for
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, New York Harbor. (Home Battalion.)


Philippine Insurrection

During the
Philippine–American War The Philippine–American War or Filipino–American War ( es, Guerra filipina-estadounidense, tl, Digmaang Pilipino–Amerikano), previously referred to as the Philippine Insurrection or the Tagalog Insurgency by the United States, was an arm ...
from 1901–1903, the Eleventh Infantry was sent to the Philippines to help put down the
Moro Rebellion The Moro Rebellion (1899–1913) was an armed conflict between the Moro people and the United States military during the Philippine–American War. The word "Moro" – the Spanish word for "Moor" – is a term for Muslim people who li ...
, where it was in engagements against the
Moros In Greek mythology, Moros /ˈmɔːrɒs/ or Morus /ˈmɔːrəs/ (Ancient Greek: Μόρος means 'doom, fate') is the 'hateful' personified spirit of impending doom, who drives mortals to their deadly fate. It was also said that Moros gave peop ...
of
Mindanao Mindanao ( ) ( Jawi: مينداناو) is the second-largest island in the Philippines, after Luzon, and seventh-most populous island in the world. Located in the southern region of the archipelago, the island is part of an island group of ...
and the
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of the
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.


=Department of the Visayas

= After the
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, the survivors escaped to
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where nightmarish accounts made their way into the front pages of US newspapers. The Eleventh Infantry Regiment and the U.S. Marines led by Major Littleton Waller were quickly dispatched to Balangiga with orders from Brigadier General Jacob Smith. On or about 29 September 1901, the town was reoccupied by two companies of the Eleventh Infantry to secure the American position and bury the American dead. The Bells of Balangiga were taken as booty of war when the Eleventh left.


=Department of Mindanao

= Office Company E, Eleventh Infantry, Camp at Mataling Falls, Mindanao, P. I., 1 September 1902. The Adjutant, Mataling Falls. Sir: I have the honor to report that a hunting party of 1 sergeant and 7 privates, Company E, Eleventh Infantry, while on the road to Malabang and about 1½ miles from camp, 31 August 1902, were ambuscaded by a force of hostile Moros. Conservative estimate of strength of Moros, 15 rifles and 25 bolos. At first volley Private Charles M. Branson was killed and Privates Logsdon and Foster seriously wounded. The survivors fell back firing. The wounded men lying on the ground called for assistance. 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. They carried the wounded men toward camp for nearly a mile, keeping the Moro party who had pursued them at bay. Private Joseph Dubian, after emptying his rifle, rushed to the camp for assistance. Company E being notified by the commanding officer to hasten to attack hostile Moros, that company proceeded with all possible speed to the scene of the attack, but were unable to gain contact with the enemy. The body of Private Branson was found frightfully mutilated, and the ground gave indication of a large party lying in ambuscade. Sergeant Cline with 30 men was immediately sent down the road to meet the wagon train from Malabang, the size of the party of Moros justifying their attacking the train. This party withdrew, it is believed, toward the northeast and afterwards encountered the hunting party under Lieutenants Game and Parker, and also Company F, Eleventh Infantry, under Captain Chiles. Casualties: Private Charles M. Branson, killed, Privates Logsdon and Foster wounded, all of Company E, Eleventh Infantry; rifle No. 36224 and equipments of Private Branson captured by Moros. It is known that at least 4 Moros were hit, but no bodies were secured at scene of ambuscade. The action of Sergeant Nash. Privates William D. Howard, William R. Bryan, and Fred Houck. Company E, Eleventh Infantry, in securing their wounded comrades and their arms under the very muzzles of Moros, who outnumbered them at least 10 to 1, and after their party had virtually lost 50 per cent of its strength, was exceedingly courageous and meritorious. It is recommended that they each be given a certificate of merit for their action. Very respectfully. John W. Heavey, Captain, Eleventh Infantry, Commanding Company E.


=Department of the Visayas

= 24 March to 15 July 1903, Eleventh Infantry in operations of the Surigao expedition. This was an expedition against all outlaws, ladrones, and insurrectos in this province. Col.
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, Eleventh Infantry, was placed in charge of the military operations in the field.


Department of the Missouri

15 February 1904.—Transport Thomas sailed from Manila for San Francisco with the Eleventh Infantry. 21 March 1904—Headquarters, Band, First and Second Battalions, Eleventh Infantry, left San Francisco, Cal., for Fort D.A. Russell,
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Company K, Eleventh Infantry, left San Francisco, Cal., for
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, Nebraska. Company L, Eleventh Infantry, left San Francisco, Cal., for
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, Wyoming. 7 April 1904.—Company L, Eleventh Infantry, arrived at Fort Washakie, Wyoming. The troops sent against the hostile Moros of Taraca Valley, Mindanao, returned to their station, having defeated and scattered large numbers of the enemy and destroyed their forts. Casualties, 2 enlisted men killed and 3 wounded. 28 April 1904.—Companies I and M, Eleventh Infantry, left San Francisco for Fort Mackenzie, Wyoming. 2 May 1904.—Companies I and M, Eleventh Infantry, arrived at Fort Mackenzie, Wyoming. 1 May 1906.—In connection with the 1906 earthquake relief service, the Eleventh Infantry (less headquarters of the Third Battalion and Companies I and M) left Fort D. A. Russell for temporary duty at San Francisco, and returned to the post 9 June. 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. Distance marched, 365 miles. Fort D. A. Russell – Third Battalion, Eleventh Infantry (less Companies K and L), Eighth Battalion, Field Artillery (Twelfth and Nineteenth Batteries). 1911 the regiment was part of the Maneuver Division, San Antonio, Texas.


Southern Department

In February 1913 the regiment moved from its permanent station to
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as part of the mobilization of the Second Division. During the Mexican Border Crisis 1914–1917 with
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, the regiment served as border guards in Texas City, Texas,
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, and 1915
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, and April 1917
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. 1915 Company D, San Antonio, Tex., to Texas City, Texas and Company L, Little Rock, Ark., to Laredo, Texas May to August 1917 the 11th Infantry was stationed
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.


World War I

On 24 April 1918, the regiment sailed for France. By May 1918 it joined the 5th Division near Chaumont, France. The 11th then took part in the
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,
Saint-Mihiel Saint-Mihiel () is a commune in the Meuse department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. Geography Saint-Mihiel lies on the banks of the river Meuse. History A Benedictine abbey was established here in 708 or 709 by Count Wulfoalde and his wif ...
, and Meuse-Argonne offensives. In the second phase of the Meuse-Argonne offensive, the regiment forged a brilliant crossing of the
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. In 1922, the 11th moved to Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana, and remained there for 17 years.


World War II

In 1939, the 11th joined the 5th Division at
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. In April 1941 one company of the 11th each were among the first US forces to garrison the new bases at
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and
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, established under the
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with the United Kingdom. In 1942 the regiment deployed to
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and remained there for 15 months until the regiment, and the division, moved to England. The regiment landed in
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on 10 July 1944 and fought its way across France as part of the 5th Infantry Division, which was assigned to
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's famed Third Army. The 11th Infantry was awarded the
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for its daring crossing of the
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at
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following
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. During an attempted crossing of the
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at Dornot, the 2nd Battalion of the 11th Infantry sustained 363 killed and wounded in 26 counterattacks by German tanks and infantry before abandoning the bridgehead. The 11th Infantry played a prominent role in the reduction of the fortified city of
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in the fall of 1944, particularly during the costly
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where the 2nd Battalion of the 11th Infantry was nearly destroyed again. After taking extreme casualties, Patton ordered the assault to be abandoned until Metz could be first encircled. With the allied victory during the
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, the German garrison at Fort Driant promptly surrendered before another attack could be mounted. During the
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, the 11th counter-attacked into the southern portion of the Bulge, engaging the Germans in bitter winter fighting. On 22 March 1945, the 1st Battalion made a night river assault across the
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at
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, giving General Patton a division bridgehead over the Rhine two days ahead of
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's famous crossing. The 11th Infantry ended the war in
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. Shortly after its return from the
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, the regiment was retired. In 1948 the 11th was an Infantry Training Regiment, a unit of the 5th Infantry Division, stationed at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. It was reactivated in June 1954 in Germany, the 11th returned to
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and became an Infantry Training Unit. On 14 June 1958, the 1st Battle Group, 11th Infantry, was reactivated as part of the 2d Infantry Division at
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where it remained until February 1962 when it was redesignated as the 1st Battalion, 11th Infantry and assigned as an organic element of the 5th Infantry Division at
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.


Vietnam War

In July 1968, the 11th deployed for action in
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and operated in
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,
Đông Hà Đông Hà () is the capital of Quảng Trị Province, Vietnam. Đông Hà is situated at the crossroads of National Highway 1A and Route 9, part of the East–West Economic Corridor (EWEC). It lies on the North–South Railway (Reunificatio ...
,
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, and
Khe Sanh Khe Sanh is the district capital of Hướng Hoá District, Quảng Trị Province, Vietnam, located 63 km west of Đông Hà. During the Vietnam War, the Khe Sanh Combat Base was located to the north of the city. The Battle of Khe San ...
. The 11th Infantry participated in several major operations, including
Operation Dewey Canyon II Operation Lam Son 719 or 9th Route – Southern Laos Campaign ( vi, Chiến dịch Lam Sơn 719 or Chiến dịch đường 9 – Nam Lào) was a limited-objective offensive campaign conducted in the southeastern portion of the Kingdom of Laos. ...
, Operation Wolfe Mountain, and Operation Green River. The 11th Infantry Regiment suffered 153 killed in Vietnam. The 11th returned to Fort Carson on 6 August 1971 and served there as part of the 4th Infantry Division until 15 January 1984 when the battalion was inactivated.


Modern day

On 14 August 1987, 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions, The School Brigade, were redesignated as 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions, 11th Infantry, and assigned to The School Brigade. On 8 February 1991, the School Brigade was inactivated and redesignated as the 11th Infantry Regiment. The 1–11th was the Direct Commission Course and Basic Officer Leadership Course, Phase Two (BOLC II). 2–11th is the home of the Infantry Basic Officer Leadership Course (IBOLC/BOLC III). 3–11th is the
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. Since then, 1-11th has been consolidated into 3-11th, and both the Direct Commission Course and the Officer Candidate School reside in 3-11th Infantry. On 27 June 2007 as part of the Transformation of the US Army, the 11th Infantry Regiment was redesignated the 199th Infantry Brigade at Fort Benning.


Distinctive unit insignia

Description: A silver color metal and enamel device 1⅛ inches (2.86 cm) tall overall consisting of a shield blazoned: Azure, Satanta's arrow in fess Argent between in chief a castle Or in base a kampilan and bolo in saltire of the second hilted of the third. On a chief embattled of the second a cross Gules. Symbolism: The symbolism is that of the coat of arms. Background: The distinctive unit insignia was approved on 28 March 1923.


Coat of arms

*Blazon **Shield: Azure, Satanta's arrow in fess Argent between in chief a castle Or in base a kampilan and bolo in saltire of the second hilted of the third. On a chief embattled of the second a cross Gules. **Crest: On a wreath of the colors a fusil Gules bearing a cross patée Argent charged with an acorn of the first. *Symbolism: The shield is blue for infantry. Service in the Spanish War is shown by the castle and in the Indian Wars by Satanta's "arrow." The most important Indian campaign of this regiment was against the Kiowas, Comanches and Cheyenne in 1874. Satanta was a noted Kiowa chief who died just previous to this campaign. His "arrow" was really a spear with feathers on the end and a handle. The kampilan and bolo represent engagements against the Moros of Mindanao and the Filipinos of the Visayas. Service in the World War is shown by the chief bearing the cross of the ancient Lords of Dun to commemorate the crossing of the Meuse at Dun. The embattled partition represents the siege of Chattanooga in 1863. The crest consists of the Civil War badges of the 1st Division, 14th Army Corps and 2d Division, 5th Army Corps, and the World War 5th Division shoulder sleeve insignia. *Background: The coat of arms was approved on 12 October 1920.


Campaign streamers

*Civil War: Shiloh; Murfreesborough; Chickamauga; Chattanooga; Atlanta; Kentucky 1862; Mississippi 1862; Tennessee 1863; Georgia 1864 *Indian Wars: Comanches *War with Spain: Puerto Rico *Philippine Insurrection: Mindanao *World War I: St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne; Alsace 1918; Lorraine 1918 *World War II: Normandy; Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe,
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with Streamer embroidered "Fontainebleau" *Vietnam: Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968, Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1971 *Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1999–2000


See also

*
List of United States Regular Army Civil War units {{Short description, none The following is a list of the units of the United States Regular Army during the American Civil War. Infantry * 1st Infantry Regiment * 2nd Infantry Regiment *3rd Infantry Regiment * 4th Infantry Regiment * 5th Infantry ...


References

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