Cumberland Township near Gettysburg in Adams County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Barksdale's Brigade
McLaws's Division - Longstreet's Corps
| | Army of Northern Virginia | |
Photographed by Craig Swain, August 17, 2008
1. Barksdale's Brigade Tablet
Army of Northern Virginia
Longstreet's Corps McLaws's Division
Barksdale's Brigade
13th. 17th. 18th. 21st. Mississippi Infantry
July 2 Arrived about 3 p.m. and formed line here. Advanced at 5 p.m. and took part in the assault on the Peach Orchard and adjacent positions vigorously pursuing the Union forces as they retired. The 21st Regiment pushed on past the Trostle House and captured but were unable to bring off 9th Mass. Battery and I Battery 5th U. States. The other Regiments including more to the left pressed forward to Plum Run where they encountered fresh troops and a fierce conflict ensued in which Brig. Gen. Wm. Barksdale fell mortally wounded.
July 3 Supported artillery on Peach Orchard Ridge. Withdrew from the front late in the afternoon.
July 4 In position near here all day. About midnight began the march to Hagerstown.
Present 1598. Killed 105, wounded 550, missing 92. Total 747.
Erected 1910 by Gettysburg National Military Park Commission.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. A significant historical month for this entry is July 1825.
Location. 39° 48.157′ N, 77° 15.373′ W. Marker is near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, in Adams County. It is in Cumberland
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Regionally, this marker is in South-Central Pennsylvania. It is also in the American Northeast, in the Mid-Atlantic, in Appalachia, and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Miller's Battery - Eshleman's Battalion (a few steps from this marker); Squires's Battery - Eshleman's Battalion (within shouting distance of this marker); Mississippi (within shouting distance of this marker); Wofford's Brigade (within shouting distance of this marker); Barksdales Charge (within shouting distance of this marker); The Brooks Artillery (within shouting distance of this marker); Louisiana State Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Eshleman's Battalion (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Gettysburg.
Another marker is no longer nearby. Barksdale's Charge (was within shouting distance of this marker but has been replaced with another marker now near it).
Photographed by Craig Swain, August 17, 2008
2. Barksdale's Brigade Tablet
Barksdale's Brigade formed in Pitzer's Woods on Seminary Ridge in the later afternoon of July 2, generally along what is today West Confederate Avenue.
Photographed by Craig Swain, June 28, 2008
3. Advance of Barksdale's Brigade
Looking from the Emmitsburg Road to the west toward the Pitzer's Woods and the tablet location. Barksdale's men advanced over the open ground here, roughly astride the modern Wheatfield Road.
Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on October 7, 2008, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia. This page has been viewed 1,627 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on October 7, 2008, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia.
