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59: 79: 258: 1277: 1287: 86: 403:. Armistead was mortally wounded. Two brigades of Anderson's Division, assigned to protect Pickett's right flank during the charge, reached a more southern portion of the Union line at Cemetery Ridge soon after the repulse of Pickett's Division, but were driven back with 40% casualties by the 1333: 1323: 1155: 428: 269:, Cemetery Ridge was unoccupied for much of the day until the Union army retreated from its positions north of town, when the divisions of Brig. Gen. 1328: 1245: 332:
shifted units to receive an expected Confederate attack on his positions. The II Corps was placed in the center of Cemetery Ridge, with Brig. Gen.
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rises only about 40 feet (12 m) above the surrounding terrain and is under 2 miles (3.2 km) long. The northern end rises to become
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Overview map of the third day of the Battle of Gettysburg, July 3, 1863. The north-south Union line (in blue) follows Cemetery Ridge.
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launched attacks on the Union positions on the second and third days of the battle, but were driven back both times.
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was formed in reserve behind the II Corps. In the late afternoon, the end of the Confederate Maj. Gen.
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during the battle, roughly the center of what is popularly known as the "fish-hook" line. The
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arrived about 8 p.m. and replaced Geary's division (which was sent to Culp's Hill); the
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on July 3 battered Cemetery Ridge, and Union artillery on the ridge counter-fired to
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purchased rights-of-way for an avenue and monuments along the ridge, and the 1884
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were placed on the northern end of the ridge, protecting the left flank of the
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steam railroad was built across the southern end of Cemetery Ridge. The 1893
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arrived about 10:30 p.m. and camped immediately behind the III Corps.
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with observation deck replaced the 1896 observation tower at the ridge's
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used the ridge's west slope at the Angle (e.g., for Eisenhower's 1918
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Gettysburg Battlefield camps after the American Civil War
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was built across the north end of the ridge, and several
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Index

Seminary Ridge
U.S. Historic district
Contributing property

Gettysburg Battlefield
Cemetery Ridge is located in Pennsylvania
Adams County, Pennsylvania
39°49′05″N 77°13′57″W / 39.818056°N 77.2325°W / 39.818056; -77.2325
Gettysburg Battlefield Historic District
ID75000155
MPS
Gettysburg National Military Park
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Battle of Gettysburg
Union Army
Confederate States Army
ridge
Cemetery Hill
Little Round Top
The Angle
High Water Mark of the Confederacy
Pickett's Charge
Major General
Richard H. Anderson

first day of the Battle of Gettysburg
John C. Robinson
Abner Doubleday
I Corps
XI Corps

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