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The Maps of Gettysburg: An Atlas of the Gettysburg Campaign, June 3 – June 13, 1863. New York: Savas Beatie, 2007. ISBN 978-1-932714-30-2. Grimsley, Mark, and Brooks D. Simpson. Gettysburg: A Battlefield Guide. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1999. ISBN 0-8032-7077-1. Hall, Jeffrey C. The Stand of the U.S. Army at Gettysburg ...
The Gettysburg Battlefield is the area of the July 1–3, 1863, military engagements of the Battle of Gettysburg in and around Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.Locations of military engagements extend from the 4-acre (1.6 ha) site of the first shot [G 1] at Knoxlyn Ridge [1] on the west of the borough, to East Cavalry Field on the east.
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The size of the reptile varied between accounts, but reports ranged from 8 ft (2.4 m) to as large as 15 ft (4.6 m). The snake became known as " The Devil ," and thus the area he was believed to inhabit became known as "The Devil’s Den." [ 3 ] [1] [ 4 ] Some soldiers' accounts used the name "Devil's Cave", [ citation needed ] and a depression ...
The Peach Orchard [2] is a Gettysburg Battlefield site at the southeast corner of the north-south Emmitsburg Road intersection with the Wheatfield Road.The orchard is demarcated on the east and south by Birney Avenue, which provides access to various memorials regarding the "momentous attacks and counterattacks in…the orchard on the afternoon of July 2, 1863."
An 1863 oval-shaped map depicting the Gettysburg Battlefield during the three-day Battle of Gettysburg, showing troop and artillery positions and movements, relief hachures, drainage, roads, railroads, and houses with the names of Gettysburg residents at the time of the battle A November 1862 Harper's Magazine illustration showing Confederate Army troops escorting captured African American ...
Anyone with any information regarding the battlefield incidents is asked to contact the park at 717-334-0909 or email the park at GETT_Superintendent@nps.gov.
1st Corps commander Major-General John F. Reynolds was mortally wounded on July 1, the first day of the battle. Major-General Doubleday assumed command, serving one day. Major-General John Newton was installed as 1st Corps commander on July 2. Colonel Augustus van Horne Ellis Statue 124th New York Infantry Monument Houck's Ridge, Sickles Avenue