11th Infantry Regiment
Army of Northern Virginia C.S.A.
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Field & Staff
11th Infantry Regiment, organized in the spring
of 1861, contained men from Hall, Lee, Fannin, Houston, Gilmer,
Murray, Walton, and Quitman counties. Sent to Virginia, the unit
first served in the Potomac District, then was assigned to General
G.T. Anderson's Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia. It fought
in the various campaigns of the army from Seven Days' Battles
to Cold Harbor, except when it was with Longstreet at Suffolk,
in Georiga, and at Knoxville. The unit did not participate in
the Battle of Chickamauga. After taking part in the Petersburg
siege south and north of the James River, it was active in the
conflicts around Appomattox Courthouse. It contained 573 effectives
in April, 1862, had 140 at Sharpsburg, and lost sixty-five percent
of the 310 engaged at Gettysburg. From April 14 to May 6, the
regiment sustained 110 casualties, and from August 1 to December
31, 1864, there were 51 disabled. It surrendered with 16 officers
and 176 men. The field officers were Colonels George T. Anderson
and Francis H. Little; Lieutenant Colonels Theodore L. Guerry
and William Luffman; and Majors Charles T. Goode, Henry D. McDaniel,
and Western R. Welsh.
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