The 11th Rhode Island Infantry Regiment was a unit of the Union Army during the

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Service history

The 11th Rhode Island Infantry Regiment was organized at Camp Stevens

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and mustered into service on October 1, 1862, for a term of service of nine months. It was initially commanded by Colonel Edwin Metcalf, then by Colonel Horatio Rogers Jr. and finally by George Earl Church for the remainder of its service. The regiment left Rhode Island for

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, on October 6. Attached to Military District of Washington, D.C., to December, 1862. District of Alexandria, Defences of Washington, and 22nd Army Corps, to April, 1863. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 7th Army Corps,

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, to June, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 4th Army Corps, Department of Virginia to July, 1863. Duty at East

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and Miner's Hill, Defences of Washington, till January 14, 1863. Guard duty at Convalescent Camp till April 15. Moved to

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, thence to

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April 15–19.

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April 19 – May 4. Siege of Suffolk raised May 4. Expedition to destroy Norfolk &

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and Seaboard & Roanoke Railroad May 16–27. Expedition to Blackwater June 12–18. Moved to Norfolk June 19, thence to Yorktown, and to

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June 22. Duty at Williamsburg till June 30. Left Yorktown for home July 2. Mustered out July 13, 1863.

Losses

The regiment lost 8 men by disease.

Commanding officers

*Colonel Edwin Metcalf; October 1, 1862 to November 9, 1862 *Lieutenant Colonel J. Talbot Pittman (acting); November 10, 1862 to January 22, 1863 *Colonel Horatio Rogers Jr.; January 23, 1863 to March 19, 1863 *Colonel George E. Church; March 20, 1863 to July 13, 1863

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