The 111th Pennsylvania Infantry Monument at Gettysburg is located southeast of the town of Gettysburg on Slocum Avenue. It was dedicated in 1889 by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The drawing of the monument pictured above is from a Philadelphia Inquirer article of 11 September 1889. A picture of the monument can be seen on Stephen […]
The 11th Pennsylvania Infantry Monument at Gettysburg is located northwest of Gettysburg on Doubleday Avenue. It was dedicated on 3 September 1889 by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The view of the monument pictured above is from Steven Recker’s Virtual Gettysburg Web Site which has more information about the monument and the 11th Pennsylvania Infantry. A […]
(Part 28 of an ongoing series on the Battle of Gettysburg). Around the base of the Pennsylvania Memorial at Gettysburg are a series of plaques which, by regiment and company, note the names of every soldier who was present at the Battle of Gettysburg. This post will present the plaque recognizing the men who served […]
Joseph R. Henninger, son of Joseph Henninger (1822-1900) and Sarah [Reed] Henninger (1827-1911), died on 18 April 1933 in Shamokin, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. His obituary did not mention Civil War service, but his name has been suggested as a Civil War veteran because there are Civil War records for an almost exact match to an […]
Benjamin P. Behm, who was born in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, in July 1846, the son of Dr. Samuel Behm and his wife Mary, served in three Civil War regiments as shown on his Pension Index Card (above) from Ancestry.com. He served in the 11th Pennsylvania Infantry (Emergency of 1863), Company A, as a Private. He […]
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