Alternate Designations: None.
Commander: Col. Richard Coulter (1827-1908), took command of brigade; Capt. Benjamin F. Haines (1835-1903), wounded on July 3; Capt. John B. Overmyer (1842-1903).
Numbers: 292; 5 killed, 52 wounded, 60 missing.
Raised: Westmoreland, Clinton, Lycoming, Allegheny, Carbon, and Cumberland.
Dedicated: September 3, 1889.
Location: Doubleday Avenue, west side, near Oak Hill. 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 fall back.
Description: Full-length figure of a uniformed Infantryman stands atop a pedestal and tiered base. The figure wears a mustache 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. It is the only monument in the Park that includes a portrait sculpture of the regiment’s dog.
National Park Service List of Classified Monuments Number: MN13.
Sculptor: Kretschman, E. A., sculptor.
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