11th Infantry Regiment ( United States ) The 11th Infantry Regiment is a regiment in the United States Army . Earlier units called " 11th Infantry Regiment " . The first 11th Infantry . Under the authority granted the President by the Act of 16 July 1798 , to raise twelve additional regiments of infantry , the first 11th Infantry came into existence in the Army of the United States in January 1799 , with Aaron Ogden as Lieutenant Colonel Commandant . It was raised for the " Quasi - War " with France but saw no war service . The Act of 20 February 1800 , suspended enlistments for the new regiments . The Act of 14 May 1800 , authorized the president to discharge them , and under this authority the 11th Infantry was disbanded 15 June 1800 . War of 1812 . The second 11th U . S . regiment of infantry was organized on 11 January 1812 , when the Congress authorized a strengthening of the Regular Army in preparation for the threatening conflict that became known as the War of 1812 . During the summer little was done in Vermont beyond organizing the 11th infantry , which seems to have consisted originally of six companies from Vermont and four from New Hampshire . The army gathered at Plattsburgh , New York , numbering about eight thousand men , of whom nearly one half were Vermonters . Among them was the 11th regiment of regulars under Col . Isaac Clark ( 12 March 1812 to 27 April 1814 ) . On 16 November 1812 the largest portion moved north under the immediate command of Maj . Gen . Henry Dearborn , then the senior officer of the army , and on 18 November encamped about half a mile south of the Canadian boundary line . The force there assembled numbered three thousand regulars and two thousand militia , while the entire British force on the northern frontier did not exceed three thousand , and of these not more than one thousand were within striking distance of the American army . When Dearborn was prepared to cross the line , the British Major Salaberry also prepared to meet him . Early in the morning of the 20 November , a detachment of Dearborn ' s army forded the La Colle river and surrounded a British guard - house , which was occupied by Canadian militia and a few Indians , who broke through the American lines and escaped unhurt . In the meantime a second party of the Americans had advanced , and commenced a sharp fire on those in possession of the ground , mistaking them for the British picket . This fire continued for nearly half an hour , when , being undeceived , both parties hastily retreated , leaving behind five killed and as many wounded . The troops immediately afterwards returned to Champlain , and on 23 November to Plattsburgh , when the militia were disbanded , and the 11th U . S . regiment was sent to Burlington , with the 9th , 21st , and 25th , all under the command of Brig . Gen . John Chandler of Maine . The Vermont non - intercourse act , passed 6 November 1812 , provided " that all officers , civil and military , of this State , shall aid in currying this act into full force ; " and therefore , immediately after the return of the 11th U . S . regiment and militia from Pittsburgh , a vigorous enforcement of the act along the northern boundary line of Vermont was commenced . In this work Col . Isaac Clark of the 11th Infantry regiment , and Lieut . Col . Edward Fifield of the militia , were conspicuous . 10 February 1813 , the Secretary of War ordered Gen . Dearborn to move the two brigades at Plattsburgh ( Bloomfield ' s and Chandler ' s , numbering 2480 men , ) to Sackett ' s Harbor ; and 14 March Dearborn complied , leaving no troops at Plattsburgh , and only the 11th regiment of infantry and a company of artillery at Burlington . The 11th Infantry regiment was not full at that time , but was to be filled in a few weeks . 13 May 1813 , five hundred men from the 11th Infantry regiment , being the first battalion , were ordered to Sackett ' s Harbor , and on 31 May left Burlington under the command of Lieut . Col . Timothy Upham . This 11th Infantry Regiment participated in the following : the Battle of Crysler ' s Farm ; the Second Battle of Lacolle Mills ; the Raid on Port Dover , the Capture of Fort Erie , the Battle of Chippawa , where Colonel John B . Campbell ( 9 April to 28 August 1814 ) , was mortally wounded and the 11th Infantry came under command of Maj . John McNeil , who was breveted Lt . Col . for his actions ; and the Battle of Lundy ' s Lane . The third colonel of the regiment was Moody Bedel ( 4 September 1814 to 17 May 1815 ) , became a brigadier general during the War of 1812 . He was the son of Timothy Bedel a commander during the American Revolution . Moody Bedel ' s son John Bedel was a brigadier general of volunteers during the American Civil War . It was consolidated May – October 1815 with a company of the 25th Infantry and a company each of the 27th , 29th , and 37th Infantry to form a company of the 6th Infantry . The present 6th United States Infantry traces its lineage back to this 11th Infantry Regiment . for the First U . S . 6th Infantry Regiment see : 2nd Infantry Regiment ( United States ) The official U . S . Army lineage of the present 11th Infantry Regiment starts with the Civil War in 1861 . Mexican American War . The third 11th U . S . regiment of infantry was authorized by Congress on 11 February 1847 , as a one - year regiment for the Mexican American War . Albert C . Ramsey was appointed Colonel of the 11th Infantry on 9 April 1847 , headquarters at Baltimore . The companies of infantry to be raised in Pennsylvania , Delaware , and Virginia . The 11th Infantry participated in the following : Battle of Cerro Gordo , the Battle of Contreras , the Battle of Churubusco , the Battle of Molino del Rey ( Lieutenant - Colonel William M . Graham , Eleventh Infantry , whose regiment had participated actively in capturing Molinos del Rey , received two wounds , either of which was mortal , and fell at the head of his command while leading a charge against the northern angle of the buildings . A portion of his regiment , under Lieuts . Thomas F . McCoy and Benjamin F . Harley , was active in pursuit of the Mexicans after the attack on the Casa , Mata . ) , the Battle of Chapultepec and the Battle for Mexico City under command of Col . William Trousdale . This 11th Infantry Regiment was disbanded in August 1848 . Officers of this regiment that served in the Civil War : Lt . - Col . John H . Savage , Col . C . S . A . Civil War . Captain Charles T . Campbell , Brig . - Gen . U . S . V . Civil War . Captain Arthur C . Cummings , Bvt . Maj . ; Col . C . S . A . Civil War . Captain William H . Irwin , Bvt . Maj . ; Col . U . S . V . Civil War . Captain William B . Taliaferro , Maj . 9th infantry ; Col . C . S . A . Civil War . 1st Lt . William H . Gray , Col . U . S . V . Civil War . 1st Lt . John I . Gregg , Col . U . S . V . Civil War . 1st Lt . Thomas F . McCoy , Col . U . S . V . Civil War . 2d Lt . John A . Bayard , 2d Lt . U . S . V . Civil War ; died 3 August 1863 , of wounds received at the battle of Gettysburg , Pa . 2d Lt . James Elder , Capt . U . S . A . Civil War . 2d Lt . William . Murray , Col U . S . V . Civil War ; killed 23 March 1862 , at the battle of Winchester , Va . 2d Lt . Andrew H . Tippin , Bvt . 1st Lt . Contreras and Churubusco ; Col . U . S . V . Civil War . 2d Lt . Junins B . Wheeler . Capt . U . S . A . Civil War . The Old Eleventh Infantry . This was the regiment known as the Eleventh Infantry Regiment during the American Civil War until 1869 . The official U . S . Army lineage of three present - day U . S . Infantry regiments trace back to this regiment . Civil War . The fourth 11th Infantry was organized on 4 May 1861 by direction of the President . On 14 May 1861 , President Abraham Lincoln issued an executive order , directing an increase of the regimental organizations of the Regular Army . The 11th Infantry was the first , numerically , of the nine infantry regiments , of three battalions of eight companies each , were of the increase authorized . In G . O . No . 33 , A . G . O . , series of 1861 , in contrast to the original ten regular regiments of infantry , which were organized on the traditional ten - company line . The 11th Infantry was organized at Fort Independence , Boston Harbor , Massachusetts , as regimental headquarters , and which remained the 11th ' s headquarters during the War . Erasmus D . Keyes was served as colonel of the 11th U . S . Infantry from 14 May 1861 to 6 May 1864 . William S . Ketchum served as colonel of the 11th U . S . Infantry 6 May 1864 to 15 March 1869 . After six companies had been organized and assigned to the 1st Battalion , 11th Infantry Regiment , it was ordered to Perryville , Maryland , 10 October 1861 , and duty there until March 1862 . Ordered to Washington , D . C . Attached to Sykes ' Regular Infantry , Reserve Brigade , Army Potomac , to May 1862 . The 11th then campaigned September 1863 to November 1864 as part of the 5th Army Corps , Army of the Potomac and 8th Army Corps , Middle Department , to January 1865 . The 11th took part in the following : Peninsula Campaign , Siege of Yorktown , Battle of Mechanicsville , Gaines ' Mill , Turkey Bridge 30 June , Battle of Malvern Hill Malvern Hill , At Harrison ' s Landing until 16 August . Movement to Fortress Monroe , thence to Centerville 16 – 28 August . Pope ' s Northern Virginia Campaign , Battle of Groveton 29 August , Second Battle of Bull Run , Maryland Campaign , Battle of Antietam , Shepherdstown Ford 19 – 20 September , Battle of Fredericksburg , " Mud March " , Chancellorsville Campaign 27 April – 6 May , Battle of Chancellorsville , Gettysburg Campaign , Battle of Gettysburg , Pursuit of Lee 5 – 24 July . On special duty at New York 21 August – 14 September . Rejoined army , Bristoe Campaign , Second Battle of Rappahannock Station , Mine Run Campaign , Rapidan Campaign , Battle of the Wilderness , Battle of Spotsylvania Court House , North Anna River , Pamunkey 26 – 28 May , Battle of Totopotomoy Creek , Battle of Cold Harbor , Bethesda Church 1 – 3 June , Second Battle of Petersburg , Siege of Petersburg , Mine Explosion , Petersburg , Weldon Railroad , Poplar Springs Church , Peeble ' s Farm , Boydton Plank Road , Hatcher ' s Run . Moved to Fort Hamilton , New York Harbor , 2 November , thence to Baltimore , Maryland . , 18 November , and to Annapolis , Maryland . , 5 December . Duty at Camp Parole , Annapolis , Md . , until 26 January 1865 . Ordered to City Point , Virginia . , 26 January , and camp near Gen . Grant ' s Headquarters until 8 March . Provost duty at Headquarters , Army Potomac , until May , and at Richmond . Va . , until October 1865 . The regiment lost during the Civil War 8 officers and 117 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 officers and 86 enlisted men by disease . Total , 213 . After the surrender , the 11th Infantry with other Regular troops , was sent to Richmond , Va . , where it arrived May 3d . It did provost duty in Richmond until the civil government of the city was organized , and at Libby Prison until its use was discontinued . During the summer and fall of 1865 the twenty - four companies of the regiment were organized . In the summer of 1866 , the regiment suffered a great mortality from cholera . Medal of Honor . 1st Lt . John H . Patterson was awarded the Medal of Honor for courage under fire at the Battle of the Wilderness . Biographies . The following men served in the 11th Infantry during the Civil War : John S . Mason , Frederick Steele , Charles Sawyer Russell , John C . Bates , and DeLancey Floyd - Jones . 1866 Army reorganization . By an Act of Congress , dated 28 July 1866 , the three battalion regiments were discontinued . and Army was reorganized . The 11th was divided into three regiments , each battalion receiving two additional companies and being organized along traditional lines . The 1st Battalion was given the designation of the 11th Infantry , while the 2nd Battalion became the 20th Infantry and the 3rd Battalion the 29th Infantry . Soon afterward the 29th Infantry ( 3d Battalion ) was ordered to Lynchburg , Virginia . In January 1866 , the 20th Infantry ( 2d Battalion ) was ordered to New Orleans , Louisiana , leaving the 1st Battalion heir to the colors and records of the 11th Infantry . Company B , 1st Battalion , 11th Infantry was reorganized and redesignated on 5 December 1866 as Company B , 11th Infantry . 1869 Army reorganization . Company B , 11th Infantry was consolidated 31 March 1869 with Company B , 34th Infantry and consolidated unit redesignated as Company B , 16th Infantry . Though the present - day 11th Infantry does not trace its lineage to this regiment it was referred to as the origin of the current 11th Infantry up to at least 1931 . The present 11th Infantry Regiment . The fifth 11th Infantry Regiment , to which the present - day 11th traces its lineage . Lineage . The 11th Infantry was constituted on 3 May 1861 by president Abraham Lincoln in the Regular Army as Company A , 2d Battalion , 15th Infantry . It was organized on 6 May 1862 at Newport Barracks , Kentucky , as one of the nine " three - battalion " regiments of regulars , each battalion containing eight companies of infantry , in contrast to the original ten regular regiments of infantry , which were organized on the traditional ten - company line . As Company A , 2d Battalion 15th Infantry , the regiment first campaigned as part of the Army of the Ohio and later as part of the Army of the Cumberland , participating in such battles as Shiloh , the Kentucky Campaign , Chickamauga , Murfreesboro , the Battle of Atlanta , and the march through Georgia . 1866 Army reorganization . Company A , 2d Battalion , 15th Infantry was reorganized and redesignated on 1 December 1866 as Company A , 24th Infantry . 1869 Army reorganization . The 24th Infantry ( originally 2nd Battalion 15th Infantry ) was consolidated into five companies , and the 29th Infantry ( originally 3rd Battalion 11th Infantry ) also into five companies , and by General Orders No . 80 , dated 5th Military District , 25 April 1869 , the consolidation of the two regiments into the Eleventh Infantry was completed and designated as Company A , 11th Infantry . General Orders No . 17 . Headquarters Of The Army , Adjutant General ' s Office , Washington , 15 March 1869 . Reorganization of the Infantry of the Army . 16 . Eleventh infantry , to be composed of the 24th and 29th regiments . — The 24th and 29th regiments , in the department of Texas , will be consolidated for service in that department , and will hereafter be known as the 11th infantry . The field officers will be : Alvan C . Gillem , colonel ; George P . Buell , lieutenant colonel ; Lyman Bissell , major . Report of Brevet Major General E . R . S . Canby . Headquarters First Military District , State of Virginia , Richmond , Va . , 10 October 1869 . Richmond and vicinity . — six companies of the Eleventh Infantry , Lynchburg . — Headquarters Twenty - ninth and two companies of the Eleventh Infantry . Lexington . — One company Eleventh Infantry . Warrenton . — One company Eleventh Infantry . In the month of March the Eleventh Infantry was transferred to the fourth military district . History . The fifth or present Eleventh Infantry was formed by the consolidation of the 24th and 29th Regiments of Infantry on 25 April 1869 . Indian Wars . Department of Texas . October 1869 : Bryan , Texas Bvt . Major T . H . Norton 11th Inf . 1 Company Galveston , Texas Bvt . Maj . Gen . A . C . Gillem 11th Inf . 1 Company Austin , Texas 11th Inf . 1 Company Jefferson , Texas Maj . Lyman Bissell 11th Inf . 1 Company Greenville , Texas 11th Inf . 1 Company Brenham , Texas Bvt . Lt . Col . James Biddle 11th Inf . 1 Company Columbus , Texas Bvt . Maj . Charles A . Wikoff ( 25 April 1869 – December 8 , 1886 Commanded Company E ) On 5 June 1871 , Company F of the Eleventh Infantry was sent to Fort Phantom Hill , a subpost of Fort Griffin , with a six - man detachment of the Fourth Cavalry , to protect the traffic through the area , and to guard the mail station at Mountain Pass , the first stop south of Phantom Hill . On 10 June 1871 , a few days after its arrival at Mountain Pass , the Eleventh Infantry detachment was attacked by a war party of about seventy - five Comanches and Kiowas . A skirmish of one and a half hours ensued until the Indians broke off hostilities , with six killed and several wounded . 19 June 1871 , Company H , Eleventh Infantry , with six companies of the Fourth Cavalry , and twenty Tonkawa scouts , under Colonel Ranald S . Mackenzie left Fort Richardson . 10 October 1871 , Companies F and I , Eleventh Infantry , took part in the Battle of Blanco Canyon under Col . Ranald S . Mackenzie . On 10 January 1872 , Company G ( Captain Theodore Schwan commanding 1869 – 1886 ) , Eleventh Infantry , reestablished Fort Phantom Hill . 8 February 1872 , Company G was replaced by Company A of the Eleventh Infantry , along with two Tonkawa scouts and a six - man detachment of the Fourth Cavalry . On 8 March 1872 , Company A at Phantom Hill was relieved by Company F and was replaced 6 April , for the last time by Company G . 15 June 1872 , a detachment from Company H , Eleventh Infantry at Fort Concho in San Angelo , Texas successfully defended Johnson ' s Mail Station against an Indian raid . Medal of Honor . 5 August 1872 , Private Franklin M . McDonald , Company G , Eleventh Infantry , escorted a mail coach from Jacksboro , Texas , to Fort Griffin . Fifteen miles from Fort Belknap and near Fort Griffin , it was attacked by a band of eight to 10 Kiowa Indians . McDonald was awarded the Medal of Honor for gallantry in defeating Indians who attacked the mail . 2 April 1873 , Eleventh Infantry at Fort Stockton , Texas to escort surveyors on the Rio Pecos . Red River War . During the Red River War , the regiment was in the following actions : 5 February 1874 , Lieutenant - Colonel George P . Buell , Eleventh Infantry , with Troops G and D , Tenth Cavalry , Company F , Eleventh Infantry , and detachments of Companies A and G , Eleventh Infantry , attacked a camp of hostile Qua ha dee Comanches on the Double Mountain Fork Brazos River , Texas , killed eleven Indians and captured sixty - five horses . One enlisted man was wounded in the fight . 20 July 1874 , in Polo Pinto County , Texas , a detachment of two officers , nine men and nine Tonkawa scouts , under command of Lieutenant Colonel G . P . Buell , Eleventh Infantry , attacked a war party of Indians and captured one horse . August 1874 , Lieutenant Colonel George Buell was to lead four companies of the Ninth Cavalry , two of the Tenth , two companies of the Eleventh Infantry , and thirty scouts from Fort Griffin to Fort Sill , Indian Territory , and then west to operate along the Salt Fork of the Red River . 23 August 1874 , Company H , Eleventh Infantry , left Fort Concho in a column with eight companies of the Fourth Cavalry , four companies of the Tenth , and an assortment of scouts Under the command of Colonel Mackenzie . 10 September 1874 , Companies D , E , and I of the Eleventh Infantry commanded by Captain Charles A . Wikoff ( 25 April 1869 – December 8 , 1886 Commanded Company E ) and six companies of the Tenth Cavalry , a section of mountain howitzers , and Indian scouts , led by Lieutenant Colonel John W . Davidson , returned to Fort Sill by 16 October 1874 . Company C , Eleventh Infantry and two companies of the Tenth Cavalry were left to garrison Fort Sill . 26 September 1874 , Company H , Eleventh Infantry , in a column with eight companies of the Fourth Cavalry , four companies of the Tenth , and an assortment of scouts Under the command of Colonel Mackenzie fought a skirmish in Tule Canyon when Indians attacked at night attempting to stampede the horses . 28 September 1874 , Company H , Eleventh Infantry , in the same column attacked a camp of Comanche , Kiowa , and Southern Cheyenne in the Battle of Palo Duro Canyon under Colonel Mackenzie . 9 October 1874 , on Salt Fork of Red River , Texas , the scouts of a column consisting of Companies A , E , F , H , and I , Eleventh Infantry , under Lieutenant - Colonel Buell , Eleventh Infantry , struck a band of Kiowas , killed one of them , and destroyed their camp . Pursuit was made for a considerable distance , the main column destroying several hundred lodges in various abandoned camps , but the Indians escaped northward . 8 November 1874 , Troops B , C , F , and H , Tenth Cavalry , detachments Companies E and I , Eleventh Infantry , and thirty Indian scouts , all under command of Capt . C . D . Viele , Tenth Cavalry , were detached from Colonel Davidson ' s column near McClellan Creek , Texas , to pursue the band attacked by Lieutenant Baldwin the same day . Captain Viele ' s command chased the Indians for a distance of ninety - six miles > having several slight skirmishes with the rear guard of Indians and capturing a number of ponies and mules , the latter packed , which the Indians had abandoned in the flight . 7 December 1874 , Major G . W . Schofield , with D , K , and M Companies of the Tenth Cavalry and Company C , Eleventh Infantry left Fort Sill . Marched more than 200 miles between the Canadian and Washita returning on 31 December 1875 . May 1875 , Companies B , E , and K , Eleventh Infantry , at Fort Richardson . Department of Dakota . In August and September 1876 , the regiment was sent from the Department of Texas to the Department of Dakota for field service in connection with the Great Sioux War of 1876 - 77 in the Dakota Territory and in Montana . The larger part of the regiment ( seven companies ) was sent to the Cheyenne River Agency , Dakota ( later called Fort Bennett ) , where these troops were hutted for shelter during the winter , and three companies were stationed at Standing Rock Agency , Dakota . In 1877 the regiment was transferred from the Department of Texas to the Department of Dakota . In April and May 1877 , three companies ( C , F and G ) were moved from Cheyenne Agency , and three companies ( A , B and H ) from Fort Yates in the Standing Rock Agency to the $ 3 , Montana , under the command of Lieut . - Colonel G . P . Buell , 11th Infantry , where they constructed the post of Fort Custer . Early in July ten companies of the Seventh Cavalry , four of the First , and two ( D and H ) of the Eleventh Infantry , were dispatched to establish a summer camp near Bear Butte , north of Deadwood to scout the region lying north , northeast , east , and southeast from that point and keep the country clear of Indians . Four of these companies ( two of cavalry and two of infantry ) have since been assigned to constitute this winter ' s garrison for the new post near that place now being constructed under the direction of Major Henry M . Lazelle , First Infantry . The balance of this command is still occupying its camp . This camp became Fort Meade . During the years 1877 and 1878 the different companies of the regiment were employed as occasion demanded on expeditions and scouts against hostile Indians . April 1879 , Captain George K . Sanderson , Company C , Eleventh Infantry , sent from Fort Custer to the Custer battlefield to police and rebury any exposed remains . 12 October 1880 , Camp Poplar River , Mont . , established , Companies B and F , Eleventh Infantry , from Fort Custer , arriving this day and taking station . 18 October 1880 , Camp Porter , Mont . , on the right bank of the Yellowstone , about 3 miles above the mouth of Glendive Creek , was established by Company A , Eleventh Infantry , from Fort Sully , and Company B , Seventeenth Infantry , from Fort Yates , as a winter camp for troops guarding working parties and material on the Northern Pacific Railroad . 11 November 1880 , Lieutenant Frederick F . Kislingbury , On 2 January 1881 , Company F , 11th Infantry , was engaged in an attack upon hostile Indians , under Sitting Bull , near Camp Poplar Creek ( now the Fort Peck Indian Reservation ) , as part of the command of Major G . Ilges , 5th Infantry . The infantry battalion , composed of Company F , 11th Infantry , and detachments of Companies A , B and E , 7th Infantry , and one three - inch gun , all under command of Captain Ogden B . Read , 11th Infantry , left the agency at 11 . 30 A . M . , marched three miles , crossed the Missouri River , took and held a point of timber commanding the lower village of the Indians until joined by Major Ilges with the main command ( 5 companies 5th Infantry , 1 company 7th Cavalry and an artillery detachment ) . The attack commenced at once , and after an engagement of about one hour , during which Company F was engaged in firing upon and turning back Indians attempting to escape from the artillery fire , resulted in the capturing of three Indian villages and their destruction . 324 prisoners were taken , with about 300 ponies and a large number of arms . No casualties among the troops . Loss of enemy in killed and wounded not known . 7 November 1881 , Troop G , Seventh Cavalry , and Company G , Eleventh Infantry , were relieved from duty in this department and ordered to proceed to Fort Leavenworth , Kansas , for duty at the School of Instruction [ forming the first garrison ] . 26 January 1882 , Richard I . Dodge promoted to Colonel , commanding , Eleventh Infantry , the first four years at Fort Sully , Dakota Territory . May 1883 , Department of Dakota annual marksmanship competition at headquarters Fort Snelling , Minnesota , Eleventh Infantry had the best overall scores in the entire Army taking home two medals . 28 June 1883 , Col . Dodge was ordered to report to Fort Snelling in order to escort General of the Army Sherman and General Terry on a 10 , 000 - mile inspection tour across the northern tier of territories , on to the Pacific Northwest , south through California , and east through the Southwest to Denver . Company K , Thirteenth Infantry , arrived and took station at Fort Leavenworth , Kans . , 9 September 1886 , relieving Company G , Eleventh Infantry , which left 11 September 1886 , for Fort Abraham Lincoln , Dak . , per Special Orders No . 116 , Headquarters Division Missouri , 1886 . 13 September 1886 , Company G , Eleventh Infantry , arrived and took station at Fort Abraham Lincoln from Fort Leavenworth , Kans . 20 August 1886 , Companies C and H , Eleventh Infantry , left Fort Buford , Dak . , by boat to proceed to and take station at Fort Yates , Dak . ; arrived 26 August . 17 April 1887 , Company E , Eleventh Infantry , Captain Myer , Eleventh Infantry , commanding , left Fort Sully for Crow Creek Agency , pursuant to War Department order , to aid the agent in removing intruders from the Sioux or Crow Creek and Winnebago reservations , Dakota , under a proclamation by the President of 21 August 1885 , declaring inoperative executive order of 27 February 1885 , opening certain portions of said reservations to settlement . Arrived there 21 April ; returned 27 May . 27 May 1887 , Company E , Eleventh Infantry , reported on last return as having left Fort Sully 17 April 1877 , to aid in removing settlers from the Sioux , or Crow Creek , and Winnebago reservations , Dak . , returned , having accomplished the duty assigned . Bandmaster of the 11th U . S . Infantry . Achille La Guardia ( 1849 – 1904 ) , the father of Fiorello La Guardia , Mayor of New York , was Bandmaster of the 11th U . S . Infantry from 1885 – 1898 . He served in the 11th Infantry at : Fort Sully , Dakota Territory ; Madison Barracks , New York ; Fort Huachuca and Whipple Barracks , Arizona Territory ; Jefferson Barracks , Missouri and Tampa , Florida . Division of the Atlantic . In July 1887 , the regiment left the Department of Dakota for service in the Division of the Atlantic , where it was stationed in the Lake Regions with headquarters and Companies A , D , G and H at Madison Barracks , Sackets Harbor , New York . Company B at Fort Wood , Bedlow ' s Island , New York Harbor , Companies E and K at Fort Niagara , Youngstown , New York , Company C at Fort Ontario Oswego , New York and Company F at Plattsburgh Barracks , Plattsburgh , New York . Department of Arizona . November 1891 Company I [ the Apaches ] , stationed at Whipple Barracks transferred from the 9th Infantry to the 11th at Fort Huachuca . December 1891 Eleventh Infantry transferred from Madison Barracks to Fort Huachuca . April 1892 headquarters and band and one Company transferred to Whipple Barracks . May 1892 Company C from Fort Niagara Companies A and D from Madison Barracks arrive at Whipple Barracks followed by Companies G and K . Companie B and E at Fort Apache , and Companies F and H at San Carlos in the Arizona territory . September 1893 , General McCook ordered that the Apaches in Company I , Eleventh Infantry , be discharged when their furloughs expired in July 1894 . April 1898 Eleventh Infantry transferred from Whipple Barracks to Jefferson Barracks , St . Louis , Missouri . The regiment became known as the Wandering 11th when between 1898 and 1920 , the 1st Battalion made 29 changes of station , including seven years of foreign service . War with Spain . The Eleventh Infantry left Jefferson Barracks , Missouri , 19 April 1898 , then to a training camp near Mobile , Alabama , via Chickamauga , and on to Tampa , Florida arriving 7 June , for transport to Puerto Rico . During The Spanish - American War , the Eleventh Infantry saw action under Brigadier General Theodore Schwan in the Battle of Silva Heights in the Puerto Rican Campaign . 1900 San Juan , Puerto Rico , headquarters , band , and 5 companies Eleventh Infantry . The following officers received distinguished mention in General Schwan ' s reports , for service rendered under fire during the campaign in western Puerto Rico : Lieutenant - Colonel Burke , Eleventh Infantry . Major Gilbreath , Eleventh Infantry . Captain P . M . B . Travis , Eleventh Infantry . Captain R . W . Hoyt , Eleventh Infantry . Captain A . L . Myer , Eleventh Infantry . Captain Penrose , Eleventh Infantry . Lieutenant Odón Gurvoits , Eleventh Infantry . Lieutenant T . F . Maginnis , Eleventh Infantry . Lieutenant Alexander , Eleventh Infantry . Lieutenant Wells , Eleventh Infantry . Department of the East . Movements of troops from and to extraterritorial stations from November – December 1900 . Headquarters , Companies I and M , Eleventh Infantry , arrived at Washington Barracks , D . C . , from Porto [ sic ] Rico . Companies K and L , Eleventh Infantry , arrived at Fort McPherson , Georgia . Companies A , B , C , and D , Eleventh Infantry , for Fort Columbus , New York Harbor . ( Home Battalion . ) Philippine Insurrection . During the Philippine American War from 1901 – 1903 , the Eleventh Infantry was sent to the Philippines to help put down the Moro Rebellion , where it was in engagements against the Moros of Mindanao and the Filipinos of the Visayas . Department of the Visayas . After the Balangiga Massacre , the survivors escaped to Leyte where nightmarish accounts made their way into the front pages of US newspapers . The Eleventh Infantry Regiment and the U . S . Marines led by Major Littleton Waller were quickly dispatched to Balangiga with orders from Brigadier General Jacob Smith . On or about 29 September 1901 , the town was reoccupied by two companies of the Eleventh Infantry to secure the American position and bury the American dead . The Bells of Balangiga were taken as booty of war when the Eleventh left . Department of Mindanao . Office Company E , Eleventh Infantry , Camp at Mataling Falls , Mindanao , P . I . , 1 September 1902 . The Adjutant , Mataling Falls . Sir : I have the honor to report that a hunting party of 1 sergeant and 7 privates , Company E , Eleventh Infantry , while on the road to Malabang and about 1½ miles from camp , 31 August 1902 , were ambuscaded by a force of hostile Moros . Conservative estimate of strength of Moros , 15 rifles and 25 bolos . At first volley Private Charles M . Branson was killed and Privates Logsdon and Foster seriously wounded . The survivors fell back firing . The wounded men lying on the ground called for assistance . Sergeant Nash , Privates William D . Howard , William R . Bryan , and Fred Houck rushed forward and secured the two wounded men and their equipments in the face of the Moro fire , from a distance not exceeding 15 yards . They carried the wounded men toward camp for nearly a mile , keeping the Moro party who had pursued them at bay . Private Joseph Dubian , after emptying his rifle , rushed to the camp for assistance . Company E being notified by the commanding officer to hasten to attack hostile Moros , that company proceeded with all possible speed to the scene of the attack , but were unable to gain contact with the enemy . The body of Private Branson was found frightfully mutilated , and the ground gave indication of a large party lying in ambuscade . Sergeant Cline with 30 men was immediately sent down the road to meet the wagon train from Malabang , the size of the party of Moros justifying their attacking the train . This party withdrew , it is believed , toward the northeast and afterwards encountered the hunting party under Lieutenants Game and Parker , and also Company F , Eleventh Infantry , under Captain Chiles . Casualties : Private Charles M . Branson , killed , Privates Logsdon and Foster wounded , all of Company E , Eleventh Infantry ; rifle No . 36224 and equipments of Private Branson captured by Moros . It is known that at least 4 Moros were hit , but no bodies were secured at scene of ambuscade . The action of Sergeant Nash . Privates William D . Howard , William R . Bryan , and Fred Houck . Company E , Eleventh Infantry , in securing their wounded comrades and their arms under the very muzzles of Moros , who outnumbered them at least 10 to 1 , and after their party had virtually lost 50 per cent of its strength , was exceedingly courageous and meritorious . It is recommended that they each be given a certificate of merit for their action . Very respectfully . John W . Heavey , Captain , Eleventh Infantry , Commanding Company E . Department of the Visayas . 24 March to 15 July 1903 , Eleventh Infantry in operations of the Surigao expedition . This was an expedition against all outlaws , ladrones , and insurrectos in this province . Col . Albert L . Myer , Eleventh Infantry , was placed in charge of the military operations in the field . Department of the Missouri . 15 February 1904 . — Transport Thomas sailed from Manila for San Francisco with the Eleventh Infantry . 21 March 1904 — Headquarters , Band , First and Second Battalions , Eleventh Infantry , left San Francisco , Cal . , for Fort D . A . Russell , Cheyenne , Wyoming Company K , Eleventh Infantry , left San Francisco , Cal . , for Fort Niobrara , Nebraska . Company L , Eleventh Infantry , left San Francisco , Cal . , for Fort Washakie , Wyoming . 7 April 1904 . — Company L , Eleventh Infantry , arrived at Fort Washakie , Wyoming . The troops sent against the hostile Moros of Taraca Valley , Mindanao , returned to their station , having defeated and scattered large numbers of the enemy and destroyed their forts . Casualties , 2 enlisted men killed and 3 wounded . 28 April 1904 . — Companies I and M , Eleventh Infantry , left San Francisco for Fort Mackenzie , Wyoming . 2 May 1904 . — Companies I and M , Eleventh Infantry , arrived at Fort Mackenzie , Wyoming . 1 May 1906 . — In connection with the 1906 earthquake relief service , the Eleventh Infantry ( less headquarters of the Third Battalion and Companies I and M ) left Fort D . A . Russell for temporary duty at San Francisco , and returned to the post 9 June . Headquarters Third Battalion and Companies I and M , Eleventh Infantry , left Fort Mackenzie , by marching , for change of station to Fort D . A . Russell , arriving there at 25 May . Distance marched , 365 miles . Fort D . A . Russell – Third Battalion , Eleventh Infantry ( less Companies K and L ) , Eighth Battalion , Field Artillery ( Twelfth and Nineteenth Batteries ) . 1911 the regiment was part of the Maneuver Division , San Antonio , Texas . Southern Department . In February 1913 the regiment moved from its permanent station to Texas City , Texas as part of the mobilization of the Second Division . During the Mexican Border Crisis 1914 – 1917 with Pancho Villa , the regiment served as border guards in Texas City , Texas , New Mexico , and 1915 Naco , Arizona , and April 1917 Douglas , Arizona . 1915 Company D , San Antonio , Tex . , to Texas City , Texas and Company L , Little Rock , Ark . , to Laredo , Texas May to August 1917 the 11th Infantry was stationed Fort Oglethorpe , Georgia . World War I . On 24 April 1918 , the regiment sailed for France . By May 1918 it joined the 5th Division near Chaumont , France . The 11th then took part in the Vosges Mountains , St . Mihiel , and Meuse - Argonne offensives . In the second phase of the Meuse - Argonne offensive , the regiment forged a brilliant crossing of the Meuse River . In 1922 , the 11th moved to Fort Benjamin Harrison , Indiana , and remained there for 17 years . World War II . In 1939 , the 11th joined the 5th Division at Fort McClellan , Alabama and by 1942 was on its way to Iceland and remained there for 15 months until the regiment , and the division , moved to England . The regiment landed in Normandy on 10 July 1944 and fought its way across France as part of the 5th Infantry Division , which was assigned to General Patton ' s famed Third Army . The 11th Infantry played a prominent role in the reduction of the fortified city of Metz in the fall of 1944 . During the Battle of the Bulge , the 11th counter - attacked into the southern portion of the Bulge , engaging the Germans in bitter winter fighting . On 22 March 1945 , the 1st Battalion made a night river assault across the Rhine River at Oppenheim , giving General Patton a division bridgehead over the Rhine two days ahead of Field Marshal Montgomery ' s famous crossing . The 11th Infantry ended the war in Czechoslovakia . Shortly after its return from the European Theater of Operations , the regiment was retired . In 1948 the 11th was an Infantry Training Regiment , a unit of the 5th Infantry Division , stationed at Fort Jackson , South Carolina . It was reactivated in June 1954 in Germany , the 11th returned to Fort Ord , California and became an Infantry Training Unit . On 14 June 1958 , the 1st Battle Group , 11th Infantry , was reactivated as part of the 2d Infantry Division at Fort Benning , Georgia where it remained until February 1962 when it was redesignated as the 1st Battalion , 11th Infantry and assigned as an organic element of the 5th Infantry Division at Fort Carson , Colorado . Vietnam War . In July 1968 , the 11th deployed for action in Vietnam and operated in Cam Lo , Dong Ha , Quang Tri , and Khe Sanh . The 11th returned to Fort Carson on 6 August 1971 and served there as part of the 4th Infantry Division until 15 January 1984 when the battalion was inactivated . Modern day . On 14 August 1987 , 1st , 2d , and 3d Battalions , The School Brigade , were redesignated as 1st , 2d , and 3d Battalions , 11th Infantry , and assigned to The School Brigade . On 8 February 1991 , the School Brigade was inactivated and redesignated as the 11th Infantry Regiment . The 1 – 11th is the Direct Commission Course and Basic Officer Leadership Course , Phase Two ( BOLC II ) . 2 – 11th is the home of the Infantry Basic Officer Leadership Course ( IBOLC / BOLC III ) . 3 – 11th is the Officer Candidate School . On 27 June 2007 as part of the Transformation of the US Army , the 11th Infantry Regiment was redesignated the 199th Infantry Brigade at Fort Benning . Distinctive unit insignia . Description : A silver color metal and enamel device 1⅛ inches ( 2 . 86 cm ) tall overall consisting of a shield blazoned : Azure , Satanta ' s arrow in fess Argent between in chief a castle Or in base a kampilan and bolo in saltire of the second hilted of the third . On a chief embattled of the second a cross Gules . Symbolism : The symbolism is that of the coat of arms . Background : The distinctive unit insignia was approved on 28 March 1923 .