111th New York Infantry Regiment | |
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Active | August 20, 1862, to June 4, 1865 |
Country | United States |
Allegiance | Union |
Branch | Infantry |
Part of | II Corps, Army of the Potomac |
Campaigns | Gettysburg Campaign Bristoe Campaign Mine Run Campaign Overland Campaign Appomattox Campaign |
Commanders | |
Aug 20, 1862 to
| Colonel Jesse Segoine |
Jan 3, 1863 to | Colonel Clinton D. MacDougall |
Jul 3, 1863 | Lieutenant Colonel Isaac M. Lusk |
Jul 3, 1863 | Captain Aaron P. Seeley |
New York U.S. Volunteer Infantry Regiments 1861-1865 | ||||
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The 111th New York Infantry Regiment was organized at Auburn, New York, to answer the call by Abraham Lincoln for 300,000 more troops to fight in the American Civil War. Over the next three years, this regiment lost the fifth greatest number of men among all New York regiments.