The 11th Vermont Infantry Regiment was a three-years infantry regiment in the Union Army during the

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. It served in eastern theater, from September 1862 to August 1865. It served in the XXII Corps in the defenses of

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, and with the

Vermont Brigade The First Vermont Brigade, or "Old Brigade" was an infantry brigade in the Union Army of the Potomac during the American Civil War. It suffered the highest casualty count of any brigade in the history of the United States Army, with some 1,172 ki ...

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. The regiment was mustered into

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service on September 1, 1862, at

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. On December 10, 1862, its designation changed to the 1st Vermont Heavy Artillery.

History

The unit was engaged in, or present at: * Spotsylvania,

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, Petersburg, and the first Battle of Weldon Railroad, now known as the Battle of Jerusalem Plank Road, in the

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. In the latter 267 men from the 11th and 140 from the 4th Vermont were captured by a superior force. The captives were all sent to

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where 232 of them died. * Fort Stevens, Charlestown, Gilbert's Ford,

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, Fisher's Hill and Cedar Creek in the Shenandoah Valley campaign * In the

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Losses in the war

The regiment lost during service: * 152 men killed and mortally wounded * 2 died from accidents * 175 died in Confederate prisons * 210 died from disease : ''Total loss: 539'' The regiment mustered out of service on August 25, 1865. File:Lt. Col. George Ephraim Chamberlin, 1st Vermont Heavy Artillery.jpg, Lt. Col. George Ephraim Chamberlin of the 1st Vermont Heavy Artillery Regiment File:21-01-226-vermont.jpg, Memorial to the Vermonters who Perished at Andersonville

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