Culp's Hill and Cemetary Ridge Gettysburg Battleground

On the second day of battle at Gettysburg, most of both armies had assembled. The Union line was laid out in a defensive formation resembling a... more

by Bob and Nadine Johnston

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Culp's Hill and Cemetary Ridge Gettysburg Battleground

Artist

Bob and Nadine Johnston

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Digital Art - Gift Or Greeting And Note Cards Are Cheaper By The Dozen :o)

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On the second day of battle at Gettysburg, most of both armies had assembled. The Union line was laid out in a defensive formation resembling a fishhook. In the late afternoon of July 2, Lee launched a heavy assault on the Union left flank, and fierce fighting raged at Little Round Top, the Wheatfield, Devil's Den, and the Peach Orchard. On the Union right, demonstrations escalated into full-scale assaults on Culp's Hill and Cemetery Hill. All across the battlefield, despite significant losses, the Union defenders held their lines.
On the third day of battle, July 3, fighting resumed on Culp's Hill, and cavalry battles raged to the east and south, but the main event was a dramatic infantry assault by 12,500 Confederates against the center of the Union line on Cemetery Ridge, seen at the top of the hill, known as Pickett's Charge. The charge was repulsed by Union rifle and artillery fire, at great losses to the Confederate army. Lee led his army on a torturous retreat back to Virginia. Between 46,000 and 51,000 soldiers from both armies were casualties in the three-day battle.
That November, President Lincoln used the dedication ceremony for the Gettysburg National Cemetery to honor the fallen Union soldiers and redefine the purpose of the war in his historic Gettysburg Address.
The Gettysburg Battlefield was the worst this country has ever seen four (4) out of ten (10) were killed in just this one Battle. It waged on July 1st, 2nd and 3rd, 1863, military engagements of the Battle of Gettysburg within and around the borough of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Locations of military engagements extend from the 4 acre site of the first shot at Knoxlyn Ridge on the west of the borough, to East Cavalry Field on the east. A military engagement prior to the battle was conducted at the Gettysburg Railroad trestle over Rock Creek, which was burned on June 27
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December 21st, 2012