Gettysburg Orientation Map

Gettysburg Orientation Map. . , Abraham Brian Farm , This small, whitewashed house and barn belonged to the family of Abraham Brian, a free African American. He fled with his wife and family when the Confederate Army approached for fear of being taken into slavery. They returned to find their home and property in ruins., Cemetery Hill , On July 1, Cemetery Hill was a rallying point for Union troops. They used the sweeping plateau as a powerful artillery position on July 2 and 3. Over 3,500 Union soldiers killed in the battle were later buried on the hill., Cemetery Ridge , Cemetery Ridge, roughly parallel to the Confederate position on Seminary Ridge, served as the main position of the Union Army on July 2 and 3. The small copse, or clump, of trees on the ridge, marks farthest Confederate advance on July 3., Culp's Hill , Culp's Hill, a rugged tree-covered slope, was the anchor for the right of the Union line. On July 2 and 3, Confederate troops failed to take the hill in the most sustained fighting of the battle of Gettysburg., Emmitsburg Road , Running diagonally through the battlefield, the Emmitsburg Road stood between the two armies. Stout fences, lining portions of the road, were an obstacle for the attacking Confederates, especially during Pickett's Charge on July 3., Little Round Top , On July 2, Confederate infantry nearly captured this rocky hill, which dominates the southern part of the battlefield, but tenacious Union defenders secured it for the Army of the Potomac. From here, Union artillery shelled the Confederates of Pickett's Division during their doomed charge on July 3., Pennsylvania Memorial , Completed in 1910, the Pennsylvania Memorial, the largest monument on the Gettysburg Battlefield, honors the 34,500 Pennsylvanians that fought in the battle. Its location, on Cemetery Ridge, is near the center of the Union battle line., Seminary Ridge , The wooded slopes of Seminary Ridge were occupied by Confederate soldiers of Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. The ridge, stretching for over two miles, was a jumping off point for Confederate attacks on July 2 and 3., The Widow Thompson House , On the afternoon of July 1, Confederate General Robert E. Lee established his headquarters at Mary Thompson's home located where the Chambersburg Pike crosses Seminary Ridge. Mary, 69, remained and cared for the wounded., William Bliss Farm/Camp Colt , The Bliss farm, home to William, his wife, Adeline, and their daughters, stood midway between Cemetery and Seminary ridges. It was burned by Union soldiers on July 3. During World War I, the US Army established Camp Colt, a tank training ground, here.