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.
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1861
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| 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 |
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1862
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| 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 |
Second Battle of 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 |
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1863 |
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| 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 GettysburgCommanded by Lt. Colonel Porter D. Tripp. It brought 364 men to the field and lost 23 killed, 96 wounded and 10 missing. From the monument along Emmitsburg Road at Gettysburg: Upon this spot stood the 11th Mass. Regt. during the second day battle of Gettysburg July 2, 1863 |
| 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 |
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1864 |
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| 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 | Battle of the Wilderness |
| May 8-21 | Battle of Spottsylvania Court House |
| 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 |
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1865
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| 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 Court HouseSurrender 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 |