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Section of the Line Held by the 90th Pennsylvania
Photographer: Craig Swain
Taken: September 17, 2008
Caption: Section of the Line Held by the 90th Pennsylvania
Additional Description: To support the Federal units directly engaged with Longstreet's July 3 attack, General Meade ordered several regiments forward to bolster the defense of Cemetery Hill. The 90th Pennsylvania deployed on a line overlooking what is today Hancock Avenue. This view looks across the north end of Ziegler's Grove. The regiment's left flank marker is in the right foreground, next to a flank marker for the 126th New York Infantry Regiment.
Submitted: December 18, 2008, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia.
Database Locator Identification Number: p47072
File Size: 1.792 Megabytes

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