Sculpted by Gary Casteel

1863 Signed and Numbered Limited Edition Monument Replicas
 
The regiment was commanded at the Battle of Gettysburg by Colonel Robert McAllister, who was wounded on the 2nd day as William Barksdale’s Mississippians advanced.  Major Philip Kearney had already been mortally wounded, and Captain Luther Martin of Company D took over command of the regiment.  Martin was wounded in the foot, and while trying to make his way to the rear was wounded again in the thigh and chest, the latter being mortal.  Captain William Loyd then briefly took command until he, too, was wounded.  Lieutenant John Schoonover took over until late in the afternoon when he was also wounded, and the regiment ended the day under the command of Captain Samuel T. Sleeper.  Over half of the 275 men brought into battle by the 11th were killed or wounded.
 
In his after actions report, Lt. Schoonover singled out Corporal Thomas Johnson who, after two color bearers had been shot and with officers and men falling by the moment, was ordered to take the colors and advance twenty yards to the front to steady the regiment.  He did, holding his ground until the survivors of the regiment were ordered to slowly and stubbornly fall back.
 
The monument is located on Emmitsburg Road just south of the Klingle farmhouse and was dedicated on June 20, 1888.