11th Pennsylvania Infantry Monument, (sculpture).

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11th Pennsylvania Infantry Monument, (sculpture).

Kretschman, E. A., sculptor.

Bureau Brothers, founder.

11th Pennsylvania Infantry Monument, (sculpture).

Dedicated Sept. 3, 1890.

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Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite.

Sculpture: approx. H. 13 ft. 3 in.; Base: approx. 7 ft. x 5 ft. 2 in. x 5 ft.

(At base, right and back sides:) E. A. KRETSCHMAN/SCPT. (On rear of plinth:) CAST BY/BUREAU BROS./PHILA (On seal on base, west:) VIRTUE LIBERTY AND INDEPENDENCE (On top tier of base:) 11TH PENNSYLVANIA/INFANTRY (On plaque on base, east:) PRESENT AT GETTYSBURG/23 OFFICERS AND 269 MEN/KILLED & DIED OF WOUNDS 13 MEN/WOUNDED 8 OFFICERS 54 MEN/CAPTURED OR MISSING 57 MEN/TOTAL 132/TOTAL ENROLLMENT 2096/KILLED & DIED OF WOUNDS/12 OFFICERS 219 MEN TOTAL 231/WOUNDED 43 OFFICERS 729 MEN/TOTAL 772/DIED OF DISEASE, ETC. 4 OFFICERS/167 MEN/TOTAL 171/CAPTURED OR MISSING 5 OFFICERS/253 MEN TOTAL 258/TOTAL CASUALTIES 1432

(On plaque on base, right:) HOKE'S RUN/CEDAR MOUNTAIN/RAPPAHANNOCK STATION/THOROUGHFARE GAP/BULL RUN 2D/CHANTILLY/SOUTH MOUNTAIN/ANTIETAM/FREDERICKSBURG/CHANCELLORSVILLE/GETTYSBURG/MINE RUN/WILDERNESS/SPOTSYLVANIA/NORTH ANNA/TOTOPOTOMOY/BETHESDA CHURCH/COLD HARBOR/PETERSBURG/WELDON RAILROAD/DABNEY'S MILL/BOYDTON ROAD OR GRAVELLY RUN/FIVE FORKS/APPOMATTOX (On plaque on base, left:) 11TH PENNSYLVANIA INFANTRY/2D BRIGADE 2D DIVISION 1ST CORPS/MUSTERED IN APRIL 26 1861/MUSTERED OUR AUG. 1, 1861/MUSTERED IN SEPT-NOV. 1861/RE-ENLISTED JAN. 1, 1864/MUSTERED OUT JULY 1, 1865/RECRUITED IN LYCOMING CLINTON/LUZERNE NORTHUMBERLAND/MONTOUR WESTMORELAND/CUMBERLAND ALLEGHENY/CARBON AND DAUPHIN/COUNTIES signed Founder's mark appears.

Full-length figure of a uniformed Infantryman stands atop a pedestal and tiered base. The figure wears a moustache and holds his rifle in a ready, upright position. On the top tier on the base lies the regimental dog. Above the dog is a square State Seal relief tablet.

History -- United States -- Civil War

History -- United States -- Pennsylvania

Figure male -- Full length

Occupation -- Military -- Soldier

Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform

Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Gettysburg

Administered by United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Washington, District of Columbia

Administered by Gettysburg National Military Park, 97 Taneytown Road, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 17325

Located Gettysburg National Military Park, Doubleday Avenue, west side, near Oak Hill, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 17325

Monument is one of 110 honoring Pennsylvania troops who participated in the Gettysburg campaign. It is the only monument in the Park that includes a portrait sculpture of the regiment's dog. It indicates the position held by the 11th Pennsylvania Infantry on the afternoon of July 1, 1863 until outflanked by the Confederates and forced to all back. The monument (referred to as MN 13) is listed on the National Park Service, List of Classified Structures and is referenced in the Gettysburg National Military Park Archives, vol. 28. IAS files contain a copy of the LCS report form.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania survey, 1995.

National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, PA2048, 1989.

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