The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-06-26
THE ELEvENTH INFA,

THE ELEVENTH INFANTRY.-This
splendid regiment entered the service in
the years of 1861 and 1862, and was or
gained by companies. The members
belong principally to the counties OF
Wood, Writ and Jackson. For the first
two years service they were engaged in
scouting, and garrisoning out-posts
through various portions of the State.
Early in the spring of 1854, it entered
the field, forming portion of General
Crooks command upon the expeditions
to the Virginia and East Tennessee Rail-
road, when was attended with complete
success. Then it participated in the
Hunter raid; the sufferings which were
endured by our brave men on this
march are too well known to almost
every person to need repeating.
After returning from this campaign,
the regiment moved with the rest of the
command in July, from Camp Piatt,
West Virginia, to the Shenandoah Val
ley, and bore its full share of the hard
marching and fighting which immedi-
ately ensued, and ended only with win
ter and the destruction ofthe rebel Gen.
Early's army.
In December, accompanying the Cd
division, it was removed to the Army of
the James, and lay in camp immediate
yin front of Richmond until the 18th
of March, 1865, when active operations
We're resumed. After performing a
march to the Chickahominy river and
return, the command moved at once to
esouth of Petersburg. Fighting COM
menced on the Both March, and during
the series of engagements which follow
ed, this regiment bore an active and dis
tinguished part, being constantly at tho
front, and upon several occasions re-
ceivirg the personal compliments of the
commanding General for g,lllantry and
good conduct. And the heroes who en-
tered the rebel lines at Hatcher's Run,
Va, and participated i'll the capture of
the forts in front of Petersburg, and
the vigorous pursuit and capture of
General Lees army on 9th April, 1865,
at AppomattoX Court House, Va, have
won imperishable laurels, and their
names will be handed down to posterity
honOred and revcred by future genera
tons as brave defenders of their coun-
try.
The following is list of the engage
ments:
Bulltown, w. Va, Oct. IS, 1868; Clovd
Mountain, Va, May 0, 1864; New River
Bridge, Va, May 10, 1864; Lexington,
Va, May IL and Is, 1864; Smokers Fer
ry, Va, July Is, 1864; Winchester, Va,
July p, 1864; Cumberland, Md, Aug.
!, 1864; New Creek, w. Va, Aug. !,
1864; Berryville, Va, Sept. 3, 1864; Oque-
guam, Va, Sept. 10, 1864; Fishers Hill,
Oct IS and 10, 1864; Hatcher's Run, Va,
March 80 and 81 and April L, 1865; Pc
tersburg, Va, April ?, 1865; Rice's Sta
ton, Va, April &, 1865; Appomattox
Court House, Va, April 8, 1866.
sKIRNTIsnEs.
Arnoldsburg; w. Va, May @, 1862;
PocatalicO River, w. Va; Ravenswood,
W. Va; Sandyville, w. Va; Beech
Fork, w. Va; Martinsburg, Va; Hall
town, Va; Charlestown, Va.
The following officers comprise the
field, staff and line of this regiment:
William Fl. II. King, Lit. Colonel; Nil
chael \. Ayers, Major; Erwin D. ].
Boud, Surgeon; James Z. Kendall As |
sistant Surgeon; Hugh p. dis, ir., Re-
gimental Qunrtermaster. Geo. II. Pur-
dy, Captain Co. 4; Fayette d. Stoddard,
Co. F; Samuel X. kirkpatrick, Co. II;
samuel L. Barber, Co. 1; Newton Po-
ling, Co. X. Albert w. Lemasters, lst
Lieutenant Co. A; VIM. Geer, Co. D
Madison II. Berry, Co. L; VIM. II. Col
lett, Co. f; Van Is. Morris, Co. G; John
w. King, Co. I; James D. w. Riley, Co.
X. John d. Given, I'd Lieutenant, Co,
D; james S. Newbanks, Co. E: William
y. Mccoy, Co. +.