The XI Corps at Gettysburg
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- Опубліковано 27 вер 2024
- The XI Corps served in the Army of the Potomac for just twelve months (September 1862-August 1863), during which it played a pivotal role in the critical battles of Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. Thereafter, the corps hastened westward to reinforce a Union army in besieged Chattanooga, and marched through brutal December weather without adequate clothing, shoes, or provisions to help rescue a second Northern army under siege in Knoxville, Tennessee. Despite its sacrifices in the Eastern campaigns and successes in Tennessee, the reputation of the XI Corps is one of cowardice and failure.
Under the Crescent Moon (a reference to the crescent badge assigned to the corps) is the first study of this misunderstood organization. The first volume, From the Defenses of Washington to Chancellorsville, 1862-1863, opens with the organization of the corps and a lively description of the men in the ranks, the officers who led them, the regiments forming it, and the German immigrants who comprised a sizable portion of the corps. Once this foundation is set, the narrative flows briskly through the winter of 1862-63 on the way to the first major campaign at Chancellorsville. Although the brunt of Stonewall Jackson’s flank attack fell upon the men of the XI Corps, the manner in which they fought and many other details of that misunderstood struggle are fully examined here for the first time, and at a depth no other study has attempted. Pula’s extraordinary research and penetrating analysis offers a fresh interpretation of the Chancellorsville defeat while challenging long-held myths about that fateful field.
The second volume, From Gettysburg to Victory, offers seven chapters on the XI Corps at Gettysburg, followed by a rich exploration of the corps’ participation in the fighting around Chattanooga, the grueling journey into Eastern Tennessee in the dead of winter, and its role in the Knoxville Campaign. Once the corps’ two divisions are broken up in early 1864 to serve elsewhere, Pula follows their experiences through to the war’s successful conclusion.
Under the Crescent Moon with the XI Corps in the Civil War draws extensively on primary sources and allows the participants to speak directly to readers. The result is a comprehensive personalized portrait of the men who fought in the “unlucky” XI Corps, from the difficulties it faced to the accomplishments it earned. As the author demonstrates time and again, the men of the XI Corps were good soldiers unworthy of the stigma that has haunted them to this day. This long overdue study will stand as the definitive history of the XI Corps.
James S. Pula is a Professor of History Emeritus at Purdue University Northwest and the editor-in-chief of Gettysburg Magazine. Dr. Pula is the author or editor of more than two dozen books, including Under the Crescent Moon with the Eleventh Corps in the Civil War, winner of the U. S. Army Historical Foundation Distinguished Writing Award; The Civil War from Its Origins to Reconstruction; For Liberty and Justice: A Biography of Brig. Gen. Włodzimierz B. Krzyżanowski; and The Sigel Regiment: A History of the 26th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, 1862-1865, winner of the Gambrinus Prize in History from the Milwaukee County Historical Society.
The second volume of Mr. Pula's 'Under the Crescent Moon' can be purchased here:
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Thank you! I feel the Eleventh Corps has been maligned for too long.
This was an enlightening presentation that decisively vindicates the XI Corps. Thank you ACHS for your informative and educational series.
Super description of the actions, bravery and courage of the men of the 11th.
Excellent presentation! The animated maps of troop movements was a real education for me. I've studied the battle for many years, but did not accurately understand the series of events on the first day. Thank you Jim!
REALLY nice job presenting the movement and action of the first day - LOVE the maps!
Great illustration of the maps relating to troop movement. Thanks.
A very well presented and clear explanation of troop movements. Thank you.
Good presentation!! Thank you - I wish he would have discussed more the brutal skirmishing all thru July 2 and some of July 3 in front of Cemetery Hill
Thank you.. I especially enjoyed the maps.
This is superb. Thanks
Is the smoke alarm battery dying in this video or somewhere in my house
Ha yes. I heard it too. How does one live with that?? Change the battery. Very annoying.
Great analysis and defense of the honorable germans that helped the Union cause.
I never knew about the Eagle Hotel. Yes, this puts any argument about the AoNV taking Cemetery Ridge to rest.
Great presentation. Thank you!
Love seeing the movements of the various regiments.
very good presentation
Fantastic presentation!
Pender was not engaged until the afternoon! And was south of Chambersburg Pike.
Pender advanced in support of and eventually through Pettigrew (Heths) division attacking the remnants of the First Corp on Seminary Ridge
General Barlow and General Howard were half 2nd Cousins on the Bailey family side
Both of their Grandmother's were half sisters
Ruth (Bailey) Penniman and Desire (Bailey) Howard
Morale of this documentary is:
Don't get out flanked by superior forces several times...
Don't appoint politicians in military positions as favors... Barlow... Sickles...
Don't move forward and leave gabs in your battle line...
Don't believe a source with an axe to grind... Rumor mill's...
11th Corps got cut up in the meat grinder and did alright.
Time to change the battery in that smoke detector folks.
Magnificent presentation, scholarship and articulation!
For your regimental losses for the battle, your list is missing the 1st Minnesota (82 percent) and 141st Pennsylvanian (75 percent), to name a few. Also most reliable sources place total percentage loss for the 11th Corps at 42 percent for the battle.
Very explanation. I top had always read and heard that the XI CORP fought subpar during the campaign. Well done.
I also appreciate his commentary on the "first time commanding in combat" notations. So many commanders were experiencing OTJ Training in the heat of the moment at Gettysburg that it helps explain some of the events that otherwise wouldn't make sense.
Looking forward to this! It has been awhile but I did read both volumes. Any mention of the 119th NY is gold!
No Roman numerals!! It was the 11th or Eleventh Corps!! Roman numerals were never used during the war to identify corps.