Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: E guzobere 16th Infantry dị ka 11th U.S. Infantry na 4 May 1861 n'okpuru iwu nke Colonel Erasmus D. Keyes na Major DeLancey Floyd-Jones haziri ya. A haziri 11th Infantry site na ntuziaka nke onye isi ala na 4 Mee 1861 ma kwado ya site na iwu na 29 Julaị 1861. A haziri ndị agha ahụ n'òtù atọ nke ụlọ ọrụ asatọ n'otu n'otu. Na 21 Septemba 1866 n'okpuru iwu nke 28 Julaị 1866 ndị battalion nke abụọ ghọrọ ndị agha nke iri abụọ na battalion nke atọ ghọrọ ndị agha nke iri abụọ na itoolu. A haziri ndị agha ahụ lụrụ ọgụ n'oge Agha Obodo site n'iwu nke onye isi ala na 4 Mee 1861 ma kwado ya site na iwu nke 29 July 1861 dị ka 16th Infantry Regiment. Na 21 Septemba 1866 n'okpuru iwu nke 28 Julaị 1866, ndị battalion nke abụọ ghọrọ ndị agha iri abụọ na ise na ndị battalion nke atọ ghọrọ ndị agha iri atọ na anọ. N'ezie ndị 16th Infantry ugbu a etinyeghị aka na Agha Obodo, a chịkọtara ndị agha ahụ na 2d Infantry. Ihe ndị a na-esote ndị na-esote ndị agha na-esote ndị agha nke 16 na Agha Obodo ma na-aga na 2d Infantry na nkwado;
Atlanta, Chickamauga, Chattanooga, Georgia 1864, Kentucky 1862, Mississippi 1862, Murfreesboro, Shiloh na Tennessee 1863.