United States Regiments & Batteries > Rhode Island
The 11th Rhode Island Volunteer Infantry Regiment lost 8 men to disease during the Civil War.
1862 |
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October 1 | Organized at Providence and mustered in under Colonel Edwin Metcalf. |
October 6 | Left State for Washington, D.C. Attached to Military District of Washington for duty at East Capital Hill, Fort Ethan Allen and Miner’s Hill, Defences of Washington |
November 11 | Colonel Metcalf transferred to command of the 3rd Rhode Island Heavy Artillery |
December | Attached to District of Alexandria, Defences of Washington, and 22nd Army Corps |
December 27 | Horatio Rogers was promoted to colonel in command of the regiment. |
1863 |
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January 14 | Guard duty at Convalescent Camp |
January 31 | Colonel Rogers was transferred to command of the 2nd Rhode Island Infantry. |
February 11 | Lieutenant Colonel George E. Church of the 7th Rhode Island Infantry was transferred to become colonel of the 11th Rhode Island. |
April | Attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 7th Army Corps, Dept. of Virginia |
April 15-19 | Moved to Norfolk, then to Suffolk |
April 19-May 4 | Siege of Suffolk |
May 16-27 | Expedition to destroy Norfolk & Petersburg Railroad and Seaboard & Roanoke Railroad |
June | Attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 4th Army Corps, Dept. of Virginia. Colonel Church took command of the brigade as senior colonel. |
June 12-18 | Expedition to Blackwater |
June 19 | Moved to Norfolk |
June 22 | To Yorktown, and to Williamsburg |
July 2 | Left Yorktown for home |
July 13 | Mustered out |