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The 11th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment regiment was a Union army regiment that participated in the American Civil War . It had the distinction of being the oldest unit in continuous service from Pennsylvania. William Henry Locke was one of the regimental commanders. It was organized as a three month regiment on April 26 , 1861 and reorganized as a three year regiment in the August of the same year, both times in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania . First assaigned to garrison duty around Washington, DC , the 11th was later sent to northern Virginia as a part of the Army Of Virginia . After the army was merged into the Army Of The Potomac , the regiment became part of the 1st Corps and later the 5th Corps . The 11th fought in multiple battles in the Eastern Theater, including 2nd Bull Run , Antietam , Chancellorsville , Gettysburg , Grant's Overland Campaign, the Siege Of Petersburg , and the Appomattox Campaign . It was mustered out on July 1st , 1865 . A total of 1,890 men served in the regiment during the war and only 340 men were discharged at war's end. It received the nickname "The Bloody Eleventh" at the Battle Of Falling Waters , Virginia, July 21st, 1861. Among the numerous casualties was one that would stand out as an undying remembrance of the unit and its loyalty to the cause: The Unit's dog, Sallie, travelled everywhere with the unit. She was said to have hated three things: Rebels, Democrats, and Women. Her loyalty was undying, for at Gettysburg, after the battle on the 1st Day was over, Sallie, tired and hungry, ambled out to where her brave comrades had fought and died, and lay down with the dead, until she was found, weak and close to death, on July 4th, 1863. Her friends nursed her back to health, and she fought with the unit in every battle until she was mortally wounded at Hatcher's Run in February, 1865. The men in the unit gave her a proper burial, never forgetting the most devoted member of their regiment. Her likeness is forever memorialized on the 11th Pennsylvania monument at Gettysburg. The regimental loses during the war:
REFERENCES The 11th Pennsylvania's unit history from The Unofficial Gettysburg Guide |
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