History of Pittsburgh Volume 2 by George Thornton Fleming Juergen Beck

Author:George Thornton Fleming, Juergen Beck [George Thornton Fleming, Juergen Beck]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Geschichte
Publisher: Jazzybee Verlag
Published: 2018-05-01T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER XIII. On the Battlefields.

One of the noted regiments of the Civil War was the 11th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, which had one company from Allegheny county. The regiment was mustered into service April 26, 1861, enlisted for three months' service. It participated in the battle of Falling Waters, in which it bore an honorable part. The regiment reenlisted for three years' service; numerically, it would have been the 51st, but its officers and men were so proud of its early accomplishments in the war that after much red tape it was allowed to keep its old number. After its reenlistment the regiment left Hamburg on November 27, 1861, and reported to Gen. John A. Dix at Baltimore. Its first duty was guarding railroads and other property at Annapolis, Maryland. In the summer of 1862. the regiment became a part of the command of General Pope, and bore an important part in the battles of Cedar Mountain, Rappahannock Station, Thoroughfare Gap, Second Bull Run, Chantilly, South Mountain, and Antietam. Afterwards, with the army of the Potomac, it was engaged in the battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Mine Run, the Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Five Forks, etc., and was at the surrender at Appomattox. Its second enlistment expiring Jan. 1, 1865, it was enlisted as a Veteran regiment, and its wasted force was rapidly recruited, many desiring to engage under its banner, as it had won a national reputation. The regiment in November, 1861, numbered seven hundred men, which was aggregated to eighteen hundred and ninety, showing that nearly twelve hundred and sixty were added as recruits. When it was discharged, July 6, 1865, it had only 325 men, showing a loss of 1,500 killed, wounded, discharged, etc. At the close of the war, in point of service, it was the oldest regiment from Pennsylvania.

There were three companies from Allegheny county in the 28th Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers. The regiment was equipped at the private expense of Col. John W. Geary. It entered service in August, 1861, and was immediately sent to Harper's Ferry, where it remained during the late summer and fall, engaged in minor actions.

It participated in October, 1861, in the serious engagements at Bolivar Heights and Ball's Bluff, also at Noland Ferry. The winter of 1861-62 was passed in skirmishing, but there were no serious engagements. The regiment in March, 1862, was sent against the strongly entrenched forces of the enemy at Loudon Heights and Leesburg, where the enemy was dislodged, the regiment remaining at the latter place until July, 1862. It was with General Pope in his campaign in Virginia, and was present at the battle of Antietam. It also took part in the battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. In the fall of 1863, the regiment was transferred to the Army of the Cumberland and bore an active part in the campaign of the West and South; and participated in the historic march "from Atlanta to the Sea," During its four years of service its losses were equal to its original number at muster-in.

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