11th New Jersey Infantry Regiment

11th New Jersey Infantry Regiment
11th New Jersey Infantry Regiment
Active	May 1862 to June 1865
Country	United States of America
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Infantry
Engagements	Battle of Fredericksburg; Battle of Chancellorsville; Battle of Gettysburg; Battle of Beverly Ford; Battle of Locust Grove; Battle of Mine Run; Battle of Spotsylvania Court House; Battle of Barker's Mills; Siege of Petersburg; First Battle of Deep Bottom

The 11th New Jersey Infantry Regiment was a regiment of infantry from New Jersey that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service

The 11th New Jersey Infantry Regiment was recruited in May 1862 at Camp Perrine, located near the New Jersey State Prison near Trenton.^[1] The regiment was led by Colonel Robert McAllister, who had seen service as lieutenant colonel in the 1st New Jersey Volunteer Infantry.

The regiment left New Jersey for Washington on August 25.^[2] By mid-September the 11th remain in Washington at half strength due to a measles epidemic.^[3]

The 11th saw combat at the Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia in December 1862.^[4]^[5]

The regiment also saw action at the following battles:

Battle of Fredericksburg - December 12–13, 1862
Battle of Chancellorsville - May 3, 1863
Salem Heights, Virginia - May 3, 1863
Battle of Chancellorsville - May 4, 1863
Battle of Gettysburg - July 2–3, 1863
Beverly Ford, Virginia - August 19, 1863
Locust Grove, Virginia - November 27, 1863
Mine Run, Virginia - November 29, 1863
Battle of Spotsylvania Court House - May 10–12, 1864
Barker's Mills, Virginia - June 10, 1864
Petersburg, Virginia - June 16–23 & July 1, 1864

The regiment was mustered out June 6, 1865.

Commanders

Colonel Robert McAllister
Lieutenant Colonel Stephen Moore

Original field & staff officers

Company A - Captain Phillip J. Kearny
Company B - Captain William H. Meeker
Company C - Captain John J. Willis
Company D - Captain Valentine Mutchler or Luther Martin
Company E - Captain Thomas J. Halsey
Company F - Captain John H. Grover
Company G - Captain Theodore Stagg
Company H - Captain Dorastus B. Logan
Company I - Captain John T. Hill
Company K - Captain William B. Dunning

Casualties

Officers Killed or Mortally Wounded: 11
Officers Died of Disease, Accidents: 0
Enlisted Men Killed or Mortally Wounded: 131
Enlisted Men Died of Disease, Accidents: 107

References

^ Joseph G. Bilby and William C. Goble (1998). "Remember You Are Jerseymen!" A Military History of New Jersey's Troops in the Civil War. Longstreet House, Hightstown NJ. ISBN 0-944413-54-4. p.175
^ Foster, John Y. (1868). New Jersey and the Rebellion: A History of the services of the troops and people of New Jersey in aid of the Union cause. Published by Authority of the State. Newark, N.J.; Martin R. Dennis & Co. 1868. Reprinted by Higginson Book Company, Salem MA. ISBN 0-8328-6032-8. p. 276
^ Bilby & Goble (1998). p. 176
^ Foster (1868). p. 276
^ Bilby & Goble (1998). p. 177

External links

History of the Eleventh New Jersey Volunteers: from its organization to Appomattox : to which is added experiences of prison life and sketches of individual members (1898) at the Internet Archive

[1] Joseph G. Bilby and William C. Goble (1998). "Remember You Are Jerseymen!" A Military History of New Jersey's Troops in the Civil War. Longstreet House, Hightstown NJ. ISBN 0-944413-54-4. p.175

[2] Foster, John Y. (1868). New Jersey and the Rebellion: A History of the services of the troops and people of New Jersey in aid of the Union cause. Published by Authority of the State. Newark, N.J.; Martin R. Dennis & Co. 1868. Reprinted by Higginson Book Company, Salem MA. ISBN 0-8328-6032-8. p. 276

[3] Bilby & Goble (1998). p. 176

[4] Foster (1868). p. 276

[5] Bilby & Goble (1998). p. 177

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