The 111th New York was commanded by Colonel Clinton D. MacDougall, an Auburn banker born in Scotland. He was wounded on July 3rd, at which point Lieutenant Colonel Isaac M Lusk took command until he, too was wounded, and Captain Aaron P Seeley then took over the regiment.
The 111th, the 125th and the 126th, had been nicknamed the Harper Ferry Cowards because of their unwilling surrender at Antietam in 1862. The unit spent a miserable winter as prisoners in a Union war camp until they were exchanged, and got a chance to clear their name at Gettysburg.
3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, Second Corps
The 111th, the 125th and the 126th, had been nicknamed the Harper Ferry Cowards because of their unwilling surrender at Antietam in 1862. The unit spent a miserable winter as prisoners in a Union war camp until they were exchanged, and got a chance to clear their name at Gettysburg.
3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, Second Corps
The 111th New York was commanded by Colonel Clinton D. MacDougall, an Auburn banker born in Scotland. He was wounded on July 3rd, at which point Lieutenant Colonel Isaac M Lusk took command until he, too was wounded, and Captain Aaron P Seeley then took over the regiment.
The 111th, the 125th and the 126th, had been nicknamed the Harper Ferry Cowards because of their unwilling surrender at Antietam in 1862. The unit spent a miserable winter as prisoners in a Union war camp until they were exchanged, and got a chance to clear their name at Gettysburg.
3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, Second Corps
The 111th, the 125th and the 126th, had been nicknamed the Harper Ferry Cowards because of their unwilling surrender at Antietam in 1862. The unit spent a miserable winter as prisoners in a Union war camp until they were exchanged, and got a chance to clear their name at Gettysburg.
3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, Second Corps
Inscription
111th New York Infantry.
3rd Brigade, 3rd Division 2nd Corps.
111th New York Infantry.
Arrived early morning July 2nd 1863, position near
Ziegler’s Grove. Went to relief of 3rd Corps in afternoon;
took this position that evening and held it to close of battle.
Number engaged (8 companies) 390
Casualties
Killed 58, wounded 177, missing 14, total 249
Recruited in Cayuga and Wayne Counties.
Mustered in at Auburn August 20, 1862.
Engagements — Bolivar Heights and all battles of 2nd
Corps from Gettysburg to Appomattox.
Total enrollment — 75 officers — 1730 men
Losses — killed and died — 12 officers, 394 men
Wounded — 26 officers, 531 men
Total 863
Mustered out June 5, 1865.
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