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Union monuments at Gettysburg > Pennsylvania > Infantry 

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The monument to the 111th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment is southeast of Gettysburg on Slocum Avenue.(South Culp’s Hill tour map) It was dedicated in 1889 by the State of Pennsylvania.

The 111th Pennsylvania Infantry was commanded at the Battle of Gettysburg by Lieutenant Colonel Thomas M. Walker.

Attached to the 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 12th Corps, Army of the Potomac

From the front of the monument:

111th.
Penna. Infantry
2d Brigade
2d Division
12th Corps

The Regiment built these
works. In the evening of
July 2 it was withdrawn
with the Brigade, and
returning during the night
found the enemy in the
works. Assisted in repulsing
a charge of the enemy at
daylight on the 3rd and
after seven hours and a
half of continuous fighting
in which it participated,
regained the works and
held them until the close of
the battle. Carried into
action 259 officers and men.
Killed 5 men, wounded
1 officer and 7 men.

From the right side of the monumet:

Recruited in Erie, Warren and
Crawford Counties.
Mustered in
January 24, 1862.
Re-enlisted
December 28, 1863.
Mustered out
July 19, 1865.
Total enrollment 1850.
Killed and died of wounds
7 officers 137 men.
Died of disease &c.
4 officers 163 men.
Wounded 25 officers 285 men.
Captured or missing
5 officers 65 men.
Total loss 691.

From the rear of the monument:

Cedar Mountain
Antietam
Chancellorsville
Gettysburg
Wauhatchie
Lookout Mountain
Missionary Ridge
Ringgold
Resaca
New Hope Church
Pine Knob
Kenesaw Mountain
Peach Tree Creek
Atlanta
March to the Sea
Savannah
Durham Station (Surrender)

 See more on the history of the 111th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment in the Civil War 

Location of the monument to the 111th Pennsylvania Infantry at Gettysburg

The monument to the 111th Pennsylvania is southeast of Gettysburg on Culp’s Hill on the east side of Slocum Avenue 170 feet due east of its second intersection with Geary Avenue. (39°49’00.4″N 77°13’07.5″W)