11th Pennsylvania (Reserve) Infantry
Regimental History and Service Record
(40th Volunteers)
Organized at Camp Wright, near Pittsburg, June, 1861, Moved to Harrisburg, Pa., June 24; thence to Baltimore, Md., June 25, and to Washington, D.C., June 26. Mustered into United States service June 29, 1861. Attached to 2nd Brigade, McCall's Pennsylvania Reserves Division, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to April, 1862. 2nd Brigade, McCall's Division, Dept. of the Rappahannock, to June, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps, to August, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 3rd Corps, Army of Virginia, to September, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 1st Corps, Army of the Potomac, to February, 1863. 3rd Brigade, Pennsylvania Reserves Division, 22nd Corps; Dept. of Washington, to June, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to November, 1863. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Corps, to June, 1864.
SERVICE.--Duty at Tennallytown, Md., and picket at Great Falls August 2 to October 10, 1861. At Camp Pierpont, near Langley, Va., until March, 1862. Expedition to Grinnell's Farm December 6, 1861. Advance on Manassas, Va., March 10-15, 1862. McDowell's advance on Falmouth April 9-19. Duty at Manassas Junction, Catlett's Station, and Falmouth, until June. Moved to White House June 9-12.
- June ? -
The Peninsula Campaign
- June 25-July 1, 1862 -
The Seven Days Battles before Richmond, Virginia
- June 26, 1862 -
Engagement at Beaver Dam Creek, Virginia
- June 27, 1862 -
Engagement at Gaines's Mill, Virginia
- Most of Regiment captured, exchanged August 5, 1862 - June 30, 1862 -
Engagement at Glendale, Virginia
- July 1, 1862 -
Engagement at Malvern Hill, Virginia
- June 26, 1862 -
- June 25-July 1, 1862 -
At Harrison's Landing until August 16. Movement to join Pope August 16-26. Battles of Groveton August 29; Bull Run August 30.
- September 3-20, 1862 -
The Maryland Campaign
Duty in Maryland until October 30. Movement to Falmouth, Va., October 30-November 19. Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-15. "Mud March" January 20-24, 1863. Moved to Washington, D. C., February 6. Duty there and at Alexandria until June 25. Ordered to rejoin Army of the Potomac in the field.
- June 11-August 1, 1863 -
The Gettysburg Campaign
[1]- July 1-3, 1863 -
Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
- July 1-3, 1863 -
Pursuit of Lee July 5-24. Duty on the Rapidan until October. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22. Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8. Rappahannock Station November 7. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2. Duty at Alexandria until April, 1864.
- May 4-June 12, 1864 -
The Overland Campaign
- May 5-7, 1864 -
Battle of the Wilderness, Virginia
- May 8-21, 1864 -
Battles of Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia
- May 22-26, 1864 -
Operations on Line of the North Anna River, Virginia
- May 26-28, 1864 -
Operations on Line of the Pamunkey River, Virginia
- May 28-31, 1864 -
Operations on Line of the Totopotomoy River, Virginia
- May 5-7, 1864 -
- May 30, 1864 - Non-veterans left front
- June 16, 1864 - Mustered out of federal service
- May 31, 1864 - Veterans and recruits re-organized into the 190th Pennsylvania Infantry
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Regiment Statistical Information
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Notes
Sources
- Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. The Dyer Publishing Company (Des Moine, 1908). (Pages 760, 761, 827, 902, 903, 904, 933, 934, 936, 937, 938, 939, 940, 1582)
- Fox, William F. 1840-1909. Regimental Losses in the American Civil War, 1861-1865: A Treatise on the Extent and Nature of the Mortuary Losses in the Union Regiments, With Full and Exhaustive Statistics Compiled From the Official Records on File in the State Military Bureaus and at Washington. Albany: Albany Pub. Co., 1889. (Page 8)