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One photograph which appeared to-day showed the ground in front of the "Bloody Angle." The route of the railroad runs directly in front of the famous stone fence where Pickett's assaulting column was repulsed.
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One of the dramatic incidents of the day took place at the bloody angle where 1,500 Virginians broke through the lines held by their hosts, and where the three monuments were dedicated on the 3d
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1 of 35 Site ID Tablets by War Dept's ... Designer ... Cope, E. B. ... Painted raised letter and border inscription tablet, 2'1"x1'8". Mounted on fluted post, 3' high.
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Plaque inscribed "General Armistead and a few Confederate soldiers charged across this wall, reached the Union cannon behind it and were soon overwhelmed"
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was along the west wall of The Angle that extends southward, and although the trolley line was moved along the Emmitsburg Road, the
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The Loop). As with Hancock Avenue along the east wall that extends northward, the original route planned for the 1893
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This article is about an area of the Gettysburg battlefield. For other military engagements with similar names, see
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used The Angle in their reenactment of Pickett's Charge. The proper noun "Bloody Angle" became common during the
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The area is where approximately 1,500 Confederate Virginians broke through the July 3, 1863, Union line on
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did not acquire the trolley land at The Angle until congressional funding was appropriated in 1917.
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The Angle is one of the few places named after the battle that is not named for a person (
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was displayed in an 1894 tent at The Angle, and during reunions in 1887,
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National Register of Historic Places in Adams County, Pennsylvania
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American Civil War on the National Register of Historic Places
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Historic district contributing properties in Pennsylvania
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Gettysburg Battlefield camps after the American Civil War
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Area of the Gettysburg battlefield in the US civil war
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Old veterans clasping hands across the Angle at the
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Bloody Angle (disambiguation)
Angle (disambiguation)
Plaque inscribed "General Armistead and a few Confederate soldiers charged across this wall, reached the Union cannon behind it and were soon overwhelmed"
39°48′48″N 77°14′11″W / 39.81343°N 77.23640°W / 39.81343; -77.23640

1913 Gettysburg reunion
colloq.
Gettysburg Battlefield
Pickett's Charge
high-water mark of the Confederacy
Battle of Gettysburg
Cemetery Ridge
Marine Expeditionary Force of Camp Harding
battlefield's commemorative era
Gettysburg Cyclorama
1913 (50th battle anniversary)
1938 (75th)
Gettysburg Battlefield camps after the American Civil War
Eisenhower's
Camp Colt
World War II POW stockade
cf.
Gettysburg Electric Railway
Gettysburg National Military Park
List of monuments of the Gettysburg Battlefield
"The Angle"
Historical Marker Database
Cope, Emmor (Bvt Lt Col)
The Angle - Cast Iron Site ID Tablet
United States Department of War

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