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Shown in this faded carte-de-visite is Sallie, the mascot of the 11th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry.

Credit: Courtesy of the Pennsylvania State Archives

Loyalty, among both Union and Confederate soldiers, was a driving force through four bloody years of war. And it was not just confined to humans. Shown in this faded carte-de-visite is Sallie, the mascot of the 11th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. Present at Gettysburg, "Sal" stayed loyal to the regiment through every battle and skirmish until she was killed at the Battle of Hatcher's Run, Virginia, in February of 1865. The 11th's monument at Gettysburg features a bronze likeness of their beloved and ever-loyal companion.

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