Union Monuments - Massachusetts

11th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment

The monument to the Eleventh Massachusetts Infantry Regiment is south of Gettysburg at the intersection of Sickles Avenue and Emmitsburg road. It was dedicated in 1885 by the State of Massachusetts.

Location: 39.80807 N, 77.244031 W; see map

This monument was one of three badly damaged by vandals in the winter of 2006. The arm at the top of the monument originally held a saber.

The Eleventh Massachusetts Infantry was commanded at the Battle of Gettysburg by Lieutenant Colonel Porter D. Tripp. It brought 364 men to the field and lost 23 killed, 96 wounded and 10 missing. It was part of 3rd Corps, 2nd Division, 1st Brigade.

From the monument:

1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 3rd Corps
Upon this spot stood the 11th Mass.
Regt. during the second day
battle of Gettysburg July 2, 1863
26 were killed 93 were wounded and 10 missing.
Assisted by the state
and generous friends, the survivors
of the Regiment have
erected upon this historic field
this monumental tablet in the year
1885
All's well that ends well.

11th Mass. Inf't.

See more on the 11th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment during the Civil War