11th Pennsylvania Reserves

11th Pennsylvania Reserves (HMA9J)

Location: Gettysburg, PA 17325 Adams County
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Country: United States of America
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N 39° 47.819', W 77° 14.405'

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40th Pennsylvania Infantry

— 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Corps —

(Front):
11th. Pennsylvania Reserves
40th. Infantry
3d. Brigade 3d. Division 5th. Corps
Mustered in May 9 - July 5. 1861
Mustered out June 13 1864
Recruited in Cambria, Indiana, Butler, Fayette
Armstrong, Westmoreland, and Jefferson Counties.
Present at Gettysburg 25 officers and 367 men.
Killed 1 officer and 4 men
Wounded 2 officers and 33 men
Total enrollment 1200
Killed and died of wounds 11 officers and 185 men
Died of disease etc. 1 officer and 113 men
Wounded 19 officers 260 men
Captured or missing 31 officers 727 men
(Totals) 61 officers and 1285 men
Total casualties 1346

(Back):
July 2d. in the evening charged from
the hill in rear to this position and
held it until the afternoon of July 3rd.
when the Brigade advanced through
the woods to the front and left
driving the enemy and capturing many prisoners

Mechanicsville, Gaines' Mill, Glendale
or New Market Cross Roads, Malvern Hill,
Groveton, 2d. Bull Run, South Mountain,
Antietam, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg,
Bristoe Station, Rappahannock Station,
Mine Run, Wilderness, Spotsylvania,
North Anna, Totopotomy, Bethesda Church
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HM NumberHMA9J
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Year Placed1890
Placed ByCommonwealth of Pennsylvania
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Thursday, September 11th, 2014 at 2:40am PDT -07:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)18S E 308213 N 4407625
Decimal Degrees39.79698333, -77.24008333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 39° 47.819', W 77° 14.405'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds39° 47' 49.14" N, 77° 14' 24.30" W
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Area Code(s)717
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 351-399 Ayers Ave, Gettysburg PA 17325, US
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