The Fourth Alabama Painting by Don Troiani

Second Brigade, Third Division

Private F E Brownell

Private F E Brownell, Company A, 11th New York Infantry

Eleventh New York Infantry

COLONEL N FARNHAM – Colonel E E Ellsworth was killed at the Marshall House Hotel, Alexandria, on 24 May, 1861 and Lieutenant Colonel N Farnham was promoted to colonel.

LIEUTENANT COLONEL J A CREGIER
MAJOR C M LEOSER

Company A: CAPT. J COYLE
Company B: CAPT. E BYRNES
Company C: CAPT. M C MURPHY
Company D: CAPT. J DOWNEY
Company E: CAPT. J B LEVERICH
Company F: CAPT. W H H BURNS
Company G: CAPT. M A TAGAN
Company H: CAPT. W HACKETT
Company I: CAPT. J WILDEY
Company K: CAPT. A D PURTELL

Sources

"The fort was named in honor of Colonel Elmer E Ellsworth, 11th New York 'Fire' Zouaves. In 1861, it was an isolated field fort commanding Alexandria's strategically important river port and railroad depot."

Mr Lincoln's Forts: A Guide to the Civil War Defenses of Washington, New Edition, by Benjamin F Cooling II and Walton H Owen II

New York in the War of Rebellion, 1861–1865 (Volume 3), by Frederick Phisterer

Notes

The 11th New York Infantry was mustered in the service of the United States, at Washington D C, for two years, on 7 May, 1861. The regiment was mustered out at New York City on 2 June, 1862. Colonel J C Burke received authority on 18 May, 1863, to reorganise the original 11th New York Infantry for three years. On 27 June, 1863, Colonel H O'Brian succeeded Colonel J C Burke and the efforts to recruit the regiment was met with no success, and on 1 October, 1863, the reorganisation was discontinued and the men, then enlisted, transferred to the 17th Veteran New York Infantry. The 11th New York Infantry was one of the units that constructed Fort Ellsworth during May to June 1861.

The 11th New York Infantry returned to New York for reorganisation and recruiting in September, 1861, and was then assigned for duty in New York Harbour and in Westchester County, New York.