111th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment

The monument to the One Hundred Eleventh Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment is southeast of Gettysburg on Slocum Avenue. See map

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July 2 it was withdrawn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:

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:

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)

The star on each face of the monument is the symbol of the Union 12th Army Corps. It was dedicated in 1889 by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

The regiment was commanded at Gettysburg by Lieutenant Colonel Thomas M. Walker.

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