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11th
Massachusetts Infantry
in the Civil War
| Regimental History |
| Eleventh Infantry. — Cols., George Clark, Jr., William Blaisdell,
Thomas H. Dunham; Lieut. -Cols., William Blaisdell, George F. Tileston, Porter D. Tripp,
Charles C. Rivers, Thomas H. Dunham, James F. Mansfield; Majs., George F. Tileston, Porter
D. Tripp, Charles C. Rivers, Richard T. Lombard, James W. McDonald, Thomas H. Dunham,
James F. Mansfield, Frank McQuade. The 11th infantry, the third Massachusetts regiment to
enlist for three years, was composed mainly of Boston men and was called the Boston
volunteers. It was mustered in at Fort Warren, June 13, 1861, and was mustered out June
12, 1864. The recruits and reenlisted men were made a battalion of five companies, to
which a company of men, enlisted for one year, was added and the battalion, known as the
11th regiment, was mustered out on July 14, 1865, at Readville. The total strength was
1,316 members. On June 27, 1861, the regiment left the state for Washington, where it
arrived on July 3. At the first battle of Bull Run, the 11th suffered a baptism of fire
which it nobly withstood. It took part in the siege of Yorktown, and was later engaged at
Williamsburg, Oak Grove, Malvern hill and Bristoe Station. In the second battle of Bull
Run it drove the enemy from behind a railroad embankment, where they were very strongly
intrenched. The 11th was held in reserve at Fredericksburg, but was in action at
Chancellorsville, on which occasion it was complimented by Gen. Hancock. At Gettysburg it
suffered heavily and after that battle was again ordered into Virginia, where it
participated in the Mine Run expedition. The remainder of the winter was spent at Brandy
Station, which place was left on May 3, 1864, for the Wilderness. Here the regiment was in
action and also in the bitter contest at the "bloody angle" at Spottsylvania,
where its work was very brilliant. It then followed the fortunes of the Army of the
Potomac and after the battle of Cold Harbor became a battalion, which continued in the
same command, being joined by two companies from the 16th Mass. infantry. Next, near
Petersburg, it was in several engagements with the enemy, and in Feb., 1865, it joined the
expedition to Hatcher's run, where it finished its active service. |
Footnotes:
Regimental history taken from "The Union Army" by Federal Publishing
Company, 1908 - Volume 1
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