firemen zouaves

source : ‘american civil war zouaves’ elite 062, Osprey publishing

Early in 1861, Ellsworth was commissioned a second lieutenant in the regular army, but he resigned this post shortly after the firing on Fort Sumter and the beginning of war.

11th New York volunteer infantry, 1st fire zouaves – plate C : second uniform 1861

source : ‘american civil war zouaves’ elite 062, Osprey publishing

11th New York volunteer infantry, 1st fire zouaves – plate B : privates 1861

source : ‘american civil war zouaves’ elite 062, Osprey publishing

‘first at Manassas battle of Bull Run, july 21 1861’ by Don Troiani

11th New York infantry : first Bull Run

source : wikipedia, the free on-line encyclopedia

The 11th New York was on the front lines for much of the fighting on Henry house hill that occurred in the early afternoon of july 21.

11th regiment of infantry

source : ‘New York in the war of the rebellion’ 3rd ed. Frederick Phisterer, Albany – J.B. Lyon company, 1912

This regiment, colonel E. Elmer Ellsworth, was recruited and organized in New York city, accepted by the state april 20, 1861, and mustered in the service of the United States, at Washington, DC, for two years, may 7, 1861.

11th infantry regiment

source : ‘the Union army: a history of military affairs in the loyal states, 1861-65 – records of the regiments in the Union army – cyclopedia of battles – memoirs of commanders and soldiers’ Madison, WI – federal pub. co., 1908

eleventh infantry — colonels, E. Elmer Ellsworth, Noah L. Farn-ham, Charles McK. Loeser; lieutenant-colonels, Noah L. Farnham, John A. Cregier, Spencer H. Stafford, Joseph E. McFarland; majors, John A. Cregier, Charles McK. Loeser, Alexander McC. Stetson.

11th New York volunteer infantry, second uniform 1861-2

11th New York volunteer infantry, first uniform 1861

11th New York infantry : organization and muster

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On april 15, 1861, president Lincoln issued an executive order calling for 75.000 ninety-day enlistments to ‘repossess the forts, places, and property which have been seized from the Union’.