11th New York Infantry

Regimental History and Service Record

Organized at New York City and mustered in May 7, 1861
Left State for Washington, D.C., April 29, 1861
Duty at Washington May 2-23
May 24, 1861 - Union Occupation of Alexandria, Virginia
May 24, 1861 - Union Occupation of Arlington Heights, Virginia - Colonel Ellsworth becomes the first Union officer killed in the Rebellion
Duty near Alexandria until July 16
Attached to Department of Northeastern Virginia / 3rd Division (Heintzelman) / 2nd Brigade (Wilcox), Brigaded with:
- 38th New York Infantry
- (I) 1st Michigan Infantry
- (I) 4th Michigan Infantry
- 3rd United States Artillery / Battery D
June 1, 1861 - Skirmish at Arlington Mills, Virginia^[1]
July 16-21, 1861 - The Manassas Campaign
- July 17, 1861 - Occupation of Fairfax Court House, Virginia
- July 21, 1861 - Battle of Bull Run, Virginia
Duty in New York Harbor and in Westchester County, N.Y., September-October, 1861
At Newport News, Va., Dept. of Virginia, to May, 1862
- March 8-March 9, 1862 - Action at Hampton Roads, Virginia
Duty at Near York May 7 to June 2
Mustered out June 2, 1862
Efforts failed to effect a new organization of this Regiment, known as the J. T. Brady Light Infantry, in summer of 1863, and the men enlisted were transferred to the 17th New York (Veteran) Infantry October 1, 1863.

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Regiment lost during service 3 Officers and 48 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 3 Officers and 12 Enlisted men by disease. Total 66.

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Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. The Dyer Publishing Company (Des Moine, 1908). (Pages 271, 894, 895, 896, 1409)