Cumberland Township in Gettysburg in Adams County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
The Eye of General Warren
July 2, 3:30 pm
Gettysburg National Military Park
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Photographed by Steve Stoessel, May 7, 2026
1. The Eye of General Warren Marker
"I saw that this Little Round Top) was the key of the whole position " Brig. Gen. G. K. Warren, USA Chief Engineer, Army of the Potomac
About 3:30 p.m, on July 2, the Union army's Chief Engineer, General G.K. Warren, stepped out on the rocks to your right. General Meade had sent him here to determine if the hill was in danger of capture. Warren found men of the Union Signal Corps here sending coded messages to army headquarters, but no infantry. Little Round Top was undefended.
Warren discovered Confederate troops concealed in the distant woodline one mile in front of you. If they seized Little Round Top, the Union army would be dangerously outflanked. The sight of a large enemy force about to outflank the Union position struck Warren as "almost appalling." Warren quickly dispatched aides to seek troops to defend the hill.
Before the war Warren worked as a topographical engineer. and as a mathematics instructor at West Point where he had graduated in 1850. At Little Round Top he was wounded in the neck, narrowly eluding death. Visible to your right is a bronze figure of General Warren standing on the boulder where he stood on July 2. The statue was dedicated in 1888.
One of Warren's aides was Lt. Washington Roebling, one of the first Union officers to arrive at the
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Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. A significant historical date for this entry is July 2, 1850.
Location. 39° 47.548′ N, 77° 14.2′ W. Marker is in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, in Adams County. It is in Cumberland Township. It can be reached from Sykes Avenue. Marker is at the summit of Little Round Top. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Gettysburg PA 17325, United States of America. Touch for directions.
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: Warren (here, next to this marker); Hazlett's Battery (a few steps from this marker); July 2, 1863 (a few steps from this marker); Signal Corps U.S.A. (a few steps from this marker); The Union Fishhook (within shouting distance of this marker); 146th New York Infantry (within shouting distance of this marker); The Valley of Death (within shouting distance of this marker); 91st Pennsylvania Infantry (within shouting distance of this marker).
Photographed by Steve Stoessel, May 7, 2026
2. The Eye of General Warren Marker
