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- Dec 30, 2019
Although the 11th Pennsylvania Reserves (a/k/a 40th Pa. Infantry) was part of Fisher's Brigade, it advanced across the Plum Run Valley in the center of the front line of McCandless' Brigade about dusk on July 2 at Gettysburg. The regiment's commander was Col. Samuel M. Jackson (the maternal grandfather of actor Jimmy Stewart). In a thread earlier this month, the story told by Lt. Henry Minnigh of the 1st Pa. Reserves about a German artillery commander begging the Pennsylvania Reserves not to let the Confederates capture his guns was reported. It is Col. Jackson of the 11th Reserves who is often credited with the reply to the worried artillerist, "Stand by your guns Dutchy, and we will stand by you." [I was wondering if any of you have any opinions as to what battery was involved in that tale.]
The first two photos show the 11th Pa. Reserves Monument from front and rear.
And here is a photo looking back from fence they came, across the Plum Run Valley towards Little Round Top. You can see General Crawford's statue along the avenue named for him.
The first two photos show the 11th Pa. Reserves Monument from front and rear.
And here is a photo looking back from fence they came, across the Plum Run Valley towards Little Round Top. You can see General Crawford's statue along the avenue named for him.