Valley of Death from Little Round Top, Gettysburg NMP, PA (3)
**Gettysburg National Military Park** - National Register of Historic Places Ref # 66000642, date listed 19661015
Gettysburg National Military Park
Gettysburg, PA (Adams County)
Gettysburg National Military Park and the Soldiers' National Cemetery are located in the environs of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The Gettysburg battlefield covered an area of about 22 square miles; the national military park comprises 9 square miles of that total area. The Park is composed of two major battlefield areas located to the north and south of the town of Gettysburg, surrounding, but not including the town itself East Cavalry Field is located 3 miles east of Gettysburg. (1)
LITTLE ROUND TOP:
This eminence on the southem end of the battlefield rises 160 feet above the surrounding terrain. The western slope of the hill had been cleared of most timber a year or more before the battle, which afforded excellent observation and fields of fire from its summit to the west, northwest, and southwest. On July 2 the Union army anchored its left flank upon it and repulsed several attempts by Confederate infantry to capture it. The hill's boulder strewn slopes provided Union infantry ample materials to build stone breastworks during the night of July 2 and morning of July 3. The rough and steep sides of Little Round Top proved to be a substantial obstacle during the Confederate advance on July 2. Union wounded used the reverse, or eastem, slope of the hill for cover from Confederate artillery. (pg 180) (1)
Little Round Top looking west over Plum Run and the Valley of Death. Devil's Den and the Slaughert Pen, each a maze of rock outcrops and boulders, may be seen down the valley to the left.
On the afternoon of the second day of the battle, Union forces seized this strategic high ground which they held for the remainder of the battle. Many officers and men from both sides died in the struggle. (from local signage)
References (1) NRHP Nomination Form s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg...
Valley of Death from Little Round Top, Gettysburg NMP, PA (3)
**Gettysburg National Military Park** - National Register of Historic Places Ref # 66000642, date listed 19661015
Gettysburg National Military Park
Gettysburg, PA (Adams County)
Gettysburg National Military Park and the Soldiers' National Cemetery are located in the environs of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The Gettysburg battlefield covered an area of about 22 square miles; the national military park comprises 9 square miles of that total area. The Park is composed of two major battlefield areas located to the north and south of the town of Gettysburg, surrounding, but not including the town itself East Cavalry Field is located 3 miles east of Gettysburg. (1)
LITTLE ROUND TOP:
This eminence on the southem end of the battlefield rises 160 feet above the surrounding terrain. The western slope of the hill had been cleared of most timber a year or more before the battle, which afforded excellent observation and fields of fire from its summit to the west, northwest, and southwest. On July 2 the Union army anchored its left flank upon it and repulsed several attempts by Confederate infantry to capture it. The hill's boulder strewn slopes provided Union infantry ample materials to build stone breastworks during the night of July 2 and morning of July 3. The rough and steep sides of Little Round Top proved to be a substantial obstacle during the Confederate advance on July 2. Union wounded used the reverse, or eastem, slope of the hill for cover from Confederate artillery. (pg 180) (1)
Little Round Top looking west over Plum Run and the Valley of Death. Devil's Den and the Slaughert Pen, each a maze of rock outcrops and boulders, may be seen down the valley to the left.
On the afternoon of the second day of the battle, Union forces seized this strategic high ground which they held for the remainder of the battle. Many officers and men from both sides died in the struggle. (from local signage)
References (1) NRHP Nomination Form s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg...