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| unit_name = 11th Engineer Regiment (Railway)
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| dates = May 1917 — May 1919
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| country = United States of America
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| branch = Army
| type = Engineer
| role = Standard gauge railway construction
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| motto = First to France—Join the Engineers
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| commander1 = Colonel Charles H. McKinstry
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| commander2 = Colonel William Barclay Parsons
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History
File:Soldiers of 11th Engineers.jpgThe 11th Engineer Regiment (Railway) was constituted as the First Reserve Engineer Regiment on March 19, 1917.{{cite web |title=Department of the Army Lineage and Honors 11th Engineer Battalion |url=https://history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lineages/branches/eng/0011enbn.htm |website=U.S. Army Center of Military History |publisher=Department of the Army |accessdate=12 June 2020}} On May 14, 1917, Lieutenant Colonel Charles H. McKinstry was ordered to expeditiously organize the unit at Fort Totten, New York.{{cite journal |title=Occasional Papers, Engineer School, United States Army |volume=70|page=91 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Yo4YAQAAIAAJ |accessdate=12 June 2020}} (McKinstry was promoted to colonel on May 15, 1917.){{cite web |last1=Thayer |first1=Bill |title=Charles H. McKinstry |url=http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/America/United_States/Army/USMA/Cullums_Register/3239*.html |publisher=University of Chicago |accessdate=12 June 2020}} The regiment was re-designated as the First Engineer Regiment on June 9, 1917. Finally, the regiment was designated as the 11th Engineer Regiment (Railway) on July 10, 1917.
The 11th Engineers were transported from the U.S. to France between July 14 and August 8, 1917. The regiment was assigned the function of standard railway construction.{{cite book |title=ORDER OF BATTLE OF THE UNITED STATES LAND FORCES IN THE WORLD WAR Zone of the Interior: Directory of Troops |date=1949 |publisher=CENTER OF MILITARY HISTORY UNITED STATES ARMY |location=Washington, D.C. |page=1331 |url=https://history.army.mil/html/books/023/23-5/CMH_Pub_23-5.pdf |accessdate=13 June 2020}} On November 30, 1917, troops of the 11th Engineers were constructing rail lines in the vicinity of Cambrai, France. During a German counteroffensive in the Battle of Cambrai, the troops came under fire in the villages of Fins and Gouzeaucourt. The Americans joined the British 20th Division and remained with that division until the end of the battle.{{cite book |title=United States Army in the World War, 1917-1919, Organization of the American Expeditionary Forces |date=1948 |publisher=CENTER OF MILITARY HISTORY UNITED STATES ARMY |location=Washington, D.C. |page=7 |url=https://history.army.mil/html/books/023/23-6/CMH_Pub_23-6.pdf |accessdate=13 June 2020}} The 11th Engineers were the first American unit to engage in combat in World War I.{{cite journal |last1=Baldwin |first1=William C. |title=Eleventh Engineers in World War I |journal=The Engineer |date=1985-86 |volume=15 |issue=4 |page=5 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RiQ-AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA311 |accessdate=13 June 2020}}
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See also
- {{cite book |last1=Broughton |first1=Van Tuyl |title=History of the Eleventh engineers, United States Army February 3, 1917, to May 8, 1919 |date=1926 |publisher=J. J. Little and Ives company |location=New York |oclc=2746185 |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015064385456&view=1up&seq=1 |accessdate=12 June 2020}}
- https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/army/11eng.htm
- https://books.google.com/books?id=58YtAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA158&lpg=PA158&dq=11th+Engineer+Regiment+(railway)+command&source=bl&ots=SaJ18by8TY&sig=ACfU3U2aNbvZbffcN3ZxN1f67hLQ5guv6g&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjH7fbG7_zpAhXlSDABHWsGCvIQ6AEwBHoECAsQAQ#v=onepage&q=11th%20Engineer%20Regiment%20(railway)%20command&f=false
- https://books.google.com/books?id=WLMqAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA123&lpg=RA1-PA123&dq=11th+Engineer+Regiment+(railway)+command&source=bl&ots=9_I5hTBFyJ&sig=ACfU3U2c1DRGXte0IOT7gU7d-X9_ESgyeQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjH7fbG7_zpAhXlSDABHWsGCvIQ6AEwBnoECAcQAQ#v=onepage&q=11th%20Engineer%20Regiment%20(railway)%20command&f=false
- https://books.google.com/books?id=8F6T_iS2xFYC&pg=PA5&lpg=PA5&dq=11th+Engineer+Regiment+(railway)&source=bl&ots=pOMsCPkcCN&sig=ACfU3U3rNhVdlsJsv_M7ZiCouJQlw8IZVw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjetLiHrPzpAhXQRjABHUVoCM8Q6AEwCHoECAoQAQ#v=onepage&q=11th%20Engineer%20Regiment%20(railway)&f=false
- https://books.google.com/books?id=8F6T_iS2xFYC&pg=PA5&lpg=PA5&dq=11th+Engineer+Regiment+(railway)&source=bl&ots=pOMsCPkcCN&sig=ACfU3U3rNhVdlsJsv_M7ZiCouJQlw8IZVw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjetLiHrPzpAhXQRjABHUVoCM8Q6AEwCHoECAoQAQ#v=onepage&q=11th%20Engineer%20Regiment%20(railway)&f=false