John Bedel was a brigadier general of volunteers during the American Civil War. It was consolidated May–October 1815 with a company of the 25th Infantry and a company each of the 27th, 29th, and 37th Infantry to form a company of the 6th Infantry. The present 6th United States Infantry traces its lineage back to this 11th Infantry Regiment. for the First U.S. 6th Infantry Regiment see: 2nd Infantry Regiment (United States) The official U.S. Army lineage of the present 11th Infantry Regiment starts with the Civil War in 1861. Mexican–American War The third 11th U.S. regiment of infantry was authorized by Congress on 11 February 1847, as a one-year regiment for the Mexican–American War. Albert C. Ramsey was appointed Colonel of the 11th Infantry on 9 April 1847, headquarters at Baltimore. The companies of infantry to be raised in Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Virginia. The 11th Infantry participated in the following: Battle of Cerro Gordo, the Battle of Contreras, the Battle of Churubusco, the Battle of Molino del Rey (Lieutenant-Colonel William M. Graham, Eleventh Infantry, whose regiment had participated actively in capturing Molinos del Rey, received two wounds, either of which was mortal, and fell at the head of his command while leading a charge against the northern angle of the buildings. A portion of his regiment, under Lieuts. Thomas F. McCoy and Benjamin F. Harley, was active in pursuit of the Mexicans after the attack on the Casa, Mata.), the Battle of Chapultepec and the Battle for Mexico City under command of Col. William Trousdale. This 11th Infantry Regiment was disbanded in August 1848. Officers of this regiment that served in the Civil War: Lt.-Col. John H. Savage, Col. C. S. A. Civil War. Captain Charles T. Campbell, Brig. Gen. U.S. Vol. Civil War. Captain Arthur C. Cummings, Bvt. Maj.; Col. C. S. A. Civil War. Captain William H. Irwin, Bvt. Maj.; Col. U.S. V. Civil War. Captain William B. Taliaferro, Maj. 9th infantry; Col. C. S. A. Civil War. 1st Lt. William H. Gray, Col. U.S. Vol. Civil War. 1st Lt. John I. Gregg, Col. U.S. Vol. Civil War. 1st Lt. Thomas F. McCoy, Col. U.S. Vol. Civil War. 2d Lt. John A. Bayard, 2d Lt. U.S. Vol. Civil War; died 3 August 1863, of wounds received at the battle of Gettysburg, Pa. 2d Lt. James Elder, Capt. U.S. Army Civil War. 2d Lt. William . Murray, Col