111th New York Infantry Regiment

111th New York Infantry Regiment
ActiveAugust 20, 1862, to June 4, 1865
CountryUnited States
AllegianceUnion
BranchInfantry
Part ofII Corps, Army of the Potomac
CampaignsGettysburg Campaign
Bristoe Campaign
Mine Run Campaign
Overland Campaign
Appomattox Campaign
Commanders
Aug 20, 1862 to
Jan 3, 1863
Colonel Jesse Segoine
Jan 3, 1863 to
Jun 3, 1865
Colonel Clinton D. MacDougall
Jul 3, 1863Lieutenant Colonel Isaac M. Lusk
Jul 3, 1863Captain Aaron P. Seeley
111th New York Infantry Regiment Guidon
The monument to the 111th New York Volunteers at Gettysburg

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.