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attacked suddenly and violently and entered the battery's position but insist that they were there only briefly." The collapse of "Cemetery Hill, the keystone of the Union line," "would have certainly required Meade to at least abandon his position" at Gettysburg, but the following day, artillery anchored here aided the repulse of the famous attack by Pickett, Pettigrew, Trimble, Wilcox & Lang.
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damage from this fire, they returned counterbattery fire with a vengeance. Cemetery Hill is over 50 feet (15 m) taller than Benner's Hill, and the geometry of artillery science meant that the Union gunners had a decided advantage. Ewell's four batteries were forced to withdraw with heavy losses, and his best artillerist, 19-year-old
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the line, and soon some of the Confederates had reached the batteries at the top of the hill, while others fought in the darkness with the four remaining Union regiments on the line behind the stone wall. On the crest of the hill, the gunners of Captain Michael Wiedrich's New York battery and Captain
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to rush from Cemetery Ridge and assist the defenders. They arrived at the double-quick, charging through the dark from the cemetery, just as the Confederate attack was starting to ebb. Carroll's men secured Ricketts's battery and swept the North Carolinians down the hill. Over at Wiedrich's battery,
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75 North Carolinians of the Sixth Regiment and 12 Louisianians of Hays's brigade scaled the walls and planted the colors of the Sixth North Carolina and Ninth Louisiana on the guns. It was now fully dark. The enemy stood with tenacity never before displayed by them, but with bayonet, clubbed musket,
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against the Ohio regiments at the stone wall. Just beforehand, Ames had sent the 17th Connecticut from its place on the left of the line to a position in the center. This left a gap, which Hays's Louisianans exploited, and they bounded over the stone wall. Other troops exploited other weak spots in
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and the Second Corps were assigned the mission of launching a simultaneous demonstration against the Union right, a minor attack that was intended to distract and pin down the Union defenders against Longstreet. Ewell was to exploit any success his demonstration might achieve by following up with a
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Losses on both sides were severe; among the casualties was Col. Avery, who was struck in the neck by a musket ball, felling him from his horse, where he was discovered after the charge by several of his soldiers and Major Tate of the 6th North Carolina. Unable to speak from his mortal wound, Avery
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Harry Pfanz provides an alternative view that contrasts with Tate's: "Although the Confederates wrote and spoke of occupying the crest of the hill and capturing the batteries there, Union accounts concede less Confederate success. The sparse accounts of Wiedrich's battery say that the Confederates
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operated on the west side of Cemetery Hill along the Taneytown Road. The areas on the northern and western slopes of the hill are now largely occupied by tourist-related businesses (hotels, restaurants, gift shops, battlefield tour agencies, private museums, etc.). The military importance of the
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Post-battle, East Cemetery Hill was occupied for several weeks by state militiamen, who established a tented camp site to maintain a military presence, secure the battlefield from looters and curiosity seekers, collect remaining military weapons, and provide manpower and services for the area's
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Ewell began his demonstration at 4 p.m. upon hearing the sound of Longstreet's guns to the south. For three hours, he chose to limit his demonstration to an artillery barrage from Benner's Hill, about a mile (1,600 m) to the northeast. Although the Union defenders on Cemetery Hill received some
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was in command of Pender's division. Ewell sent a staff officer to speak with Lane, who explained that his orders were to attack if a "favorable opportunity presented." When Ewell informed Lane that his attack was starting and requested cooperation, Lane sent back no reply.
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On July 3, there was no infantry attack on Cemetery Hill; the primary Confederate attacks were on Culp's Hill and on the lower portion of Cemetery Ridge. Union cannons on Cemetery Hill counter fired on the Confederate artillery barrage that preceded
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The 1858 south boundary for the Gettysburg borough extended southeast from the Emmitsburg Road to the Cemetery Hill summit on the Taneytown Rd, then northeast across the Baltimore Pike summit to the hill's base, then northward to
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left infantry and artillery to hold the hill in case the army needed to fall back from its positions north and west of Gettysburg. Cemetery Hill became the rallying point for retreating Union troops of the
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Around 7 p.m., as the Confederate assaults on the Union left and center were petering out, Ewell chose to begin his main infantry assault. He sent three brigades from the division of Maj. Gen.
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hospitals. Elizabeth C. Thorn (pregnant wife of the keeper of Evergreen Cemetery who was at war), her parents, and hired hands dug 105 graves for soldiers killed at or near Cemetery Hill.
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Krzyżanowski led his men to sweep the Louisiana attackers down the hill until they reached the base and "flopped down" for Wiedrich's guns to fire canister at the retreating Confederates.
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to prepare a follow-up assault against Cemetery Hill proper from the northwest. The two brigades from Early's division were commanded by Brig. Gen.
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and provided antipersonnel support fire during the Confederate infantry attack. National Park Service historian Troy Harman has written that
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Defending East Cemetery Hill would have been much more difficult had the overall attack been better coordinated. To the northwest, Maj. Gen.
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Not long after the assault on Culp's Hill began, as dusk fell around 7:30 p.m., Ewell sent two brigades from the division of Maj. Gen.
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scribbled a simple note for Tate: "Major, tell my father I died with my face to the enemy. I. E. Avery." He died the following day.
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telegraph was subsequently moved to Cemetery Hill. The hill remained essentially free of military forces until the arrival of the
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A Complete Handbook of the Monuments and Indications and Guide to the Positions on the Gettysburg Battlefield
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Cemetery Hill overlooks the main downtown area of Gettysburg from the south, at 503 feet (153 m) above
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Menchey's Spring, where a number of soldiers from the 54th New York were shot by a Confederate marksman.
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across Rock Creek and up the eastern slope of Culp's Hill against a line of breastworks manned by the
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heights is not as evident today since the once commanding view has been blocked by this sprawl.
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Generals Howard and Schurz heard the commotion and rushed the 58th and 119th New York of Col.
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sword, pistol, and rocks from the wall, we cleared the heights and silenced the guns.
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Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg-A Guide to the Most Famous Attack in American History
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against East Cemetery Hill from the east, and he alerted the division of Maj. Gen.
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of 40 ft (12 m) East Cemetery Hill had been built near the monument for
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was in support behind Hays and Avery but did not participate in the fighting.
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operated as an orphanage at the north foot of the hill, and an 1878 wooden
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Eicher, p. 538. The characterization of losses as "severe" is from the
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A Digest of Titles of Corporations Chartered by the Legislature of …
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was on several sides of the hill, and the 1921–2008
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had been wounded by a shell that afternoon and Brig. Gen.
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Defending East Cemetery Hill were the two brigades (Cols.
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ordered attacks on both ends of the Union line. Lt. Gen.
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Brigade and Hoke's Brigade, the latter commanded by
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Jubal Early
The Century Magazine
Gettysburg Battlefield
Battle of Gettysburg
Army of the Potomac
fish-hook
line
American Civil War
cf.
Culp's Hill

General Howard
sea level
Baltimore Pike
Taneytown Road
Winebrenner Run
Evergreen Cemetery
1855 gatehouse
Lt. Col.
Elijah V. White
York County, Pennsylvania
Gettysburg Railroad Station
Army of the Potomac
Battle of Gettysburg, First Day
Maj. Gen.
Oliver O. Howard
I Corps
XI Corps
Lt. Gen.

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