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 Attack on Cemetery Hill (Day 2) - Gettysburg, PA
N 39° 49.390 W 077° 13.732
18S E 309245 N 4410507
Not the usual orientation table. This 'table' doubles as an interpretive and accounts for troop movements and location on the East Cemetery Hill battlefield during July 2, 1863, pointing our various locations and positions during the battle.
Waymark Code: WM9WHR
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 10/05/2010
Views: 9
The sign is located on Cemetery Hill and is surrounded by scores of monuments and memorials. The sign explains what went on July, 2, 1863 between Union and Confederate troops.
The SOH reads
Attack on
Cemetery Hill
This hill was occupied by Union forces at noon July 1 and provided rallying point that afternoon for Union soldiers retreating to it from beyond the town.
On the evening of July 2, coordinated with the attack on Culp's Hill to your right, 2,000 Confederate soldiers advanced against this hill from beyond the school building site in your front. Assailed by artillery fire they pressed forward, struck and broke Union infantry lines as the base of the hill, and, after desperate hand-to-hand fighting, captured cannon here at the crest. But they received no aid and soon Union reinforcements swept them from the hill.
2nd Day
Location / Access:
Access anytime except between the hours of 10 PM and 6 AM
Artist / Creator: Not listed
Date of creation: Not listed
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