101 ► Pennsylvania, Adams County, Round Top, Cumberland Township — Holding Houck's Ridge — July 2, 4:00 pm — Gettysburg National Military Park —

Union General J.H. Hobart Ward's brigade fought desperately to hold the line here on Houck's Ridge, anchoring the left flank of the Third Corps. For 30 minutes Confederate artillery pounded the Union position, then Confederate General John B. Hood's . . . — — Map (db m196784) HM

102 ► Pennsylvania, Adams County, Round Top, Cumberland Township — Major General John Sedgwick —

(Left):Major General John Sedgwick in command of the Sixth Corps Army of the Potomac at Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, the Wilderness, and Spotsylvania born at Cornwall, Conn. September 13th 1813 killed at Spotsylvania, Va. May 9th 1864 . . . — — Map (db m15933) HM WM

103 ► Pennsylvania, Adams County, Round Top, Cumberland Township — Michigan Sharpshooters — 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 3rd Corps —

(At Top of Monument): Michigan Sharpshooters (At Base): 2d Brig. 1st Div. 3d Corps(Front):Company C, 1st Regiment U.S. Sharpshooters. Mustered into U.S. service at Detroit Mich. Aug. 26, 1861 Served until war . . . — — Map (db m66616) HM WM

104 ► Pennsylvania, Adams County, Round Top, Cumberland Township — New York State Auxiliary Monument —

(Center):The State of New York in recognition of the services rendered by those corps, division, and brigade commanders at Gettysburg not elsewhere honored on this field. (Left Wing):Daniel Edgar Sickles Major General U.S. . . . — — Map (db m15875) WM

105 ► Pennsylvania, Adams County, Round Top, Cumberland Township — Ninth Massachusetts Battery —

(Front):Ninth Mass. Battery Captain Bigelow July 2, 1863. Killed - Wounded 2 Officers 1 3 Non-Comm Officers 6 5 Enlisted Men 13 10 Total 20 80 Horses (Back):9th Massachusetts Battery Capt. John Bigelow 1st Position left gun . . . — — Map (db m13128) HM WM

106 ► Pennsylvania, Adams County, Round Top, Cumberland Township — Second Division — Fifth Corps — Army of the Potomac —

Army of the Potomac Fifth Corps Second Division Brig. General Romeyn B. Ayres First Brigade Col. Hannibal Day Second Brigade Col. Sidney Burbank Third Brigade Brig. Gen. S.H. Weed, Col. Kenner Garrard July 2. Moved from the Baltimore Pike near . . . — — Map (db m192042) HM

107 ► Pennsylvania, Adams County, Round Top, Cumberland Township — Seventeenth U.S. Infantry — Second Brigade - Second Division — Fifth Corps —

Army of the Potomac Fifth Corps Second Division Second Brigade Seventeenth U.S. Infantry Seven Companies Lieut.-Colonel J. Durell Green commanding July 2 Arrived in the morning and took position with the Brigade on the right of the Twelfth . . . — — Map (db m15585) HM

108 ► Pennsylvania, Adams County, Round Top, Cumberland Township — Seventh U.S. Infantry — Second Brigade - Second Division — Fifth Corps —

Army of the Potomac Fifth Corps Second Division Second Brigade Seventh U.S. Infantry Four Companies Captain David R. Hancock commanding July 2 Arrived in the morning and took position with the Brigade on the right of the Twelfth Corps. Later . . . — — Map (db m15587) HM WM

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109 ► Pennsylvania, Adams County, Round Top, Cumberland Township — Signal Corps U.S.A. —

Memorial Tablet to the Signal Corps U.S.A. which through valiant and heroic service at Little Round Top July 2-4, 1863 and on many historic battle fields throughout the war of 1861-1865 contributed so greatly to the success of the . . . — — Map (db m6753) HM WM

110 ► Pennsylvania, Adams County, Round Top, Cumberland Township — Sixteenth Michigan Infantry — 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 5th Corps —

(Front):Sixteenth Mich. Inf'ty. 3rd Brig. 1st Div. 5th Corps (Back):Mustered in at Detroit, Mich. Sept. 8, 1861. Mustered out at Jeffersonville, Ind. July 8, 1865. Total enrollment 2318 officers, & men Killed in action 10 officers, 155 . . . — — Map (db m15045) HM

111 ► Pennsylvania, Adams County, Round Top, Cumberland Township — Sixth U.S. Infantry — First Brigade - Second Division — Fifth Corps —

Army of the Potomac Fifth Corps Second Division First Brigade Sixth U.S. Infantry Five Companies Captain Levi G. Bootes commanding July 2 Arrived in the morning and took position near the line of the Twelfth Corps. The Regiment with the Brigade . . . — — Map (db m15579) HM

112 ► Pennsylvania, Adams County, Round Top, Cumberland Township — Slaughter at Devil's Den — July 2, 4:00 pm — Gettysburg National Military Park —

General John B. Hood's Confederates attacked the Union position at Devil's Den, the rugged labyrinth of boulders before you. Alabama and Georgia troops advanced from the rocky gorge to your left as "a sheet of flame burst from the rocks less than a . . . — — Map (db m197004) HM

113 ► Pennsylvania, Adams County, Round Top, Cumberland Township — Tenth U.S. Infantry — Second Brigade - Second Division — Fifth Corps —

Army of the Potomac Fifth Corps Second Division Second Brigade Tenth U.S. Infantry Three Companies Captain William Clinton commanding July 2 Arrived with the Brigade in the morning and took position on the right of the Twelfth Corps. Later moved . . . — — Map (db m15586) HM

114 ► Pennsylvania, Adams County, Round Top, Cumberland Township — The Deadly Sharpshooters — July 2, 1863 - Second Day —

"The sharpshooters also began their deadly work, and the sharp zip - p-i-n-g-g-g - of the spiteful rifle ball, more dangerous than its larger brother, added to our perils." Capt. G. Carter, U.S.A. 22nd Massachusetts Infantry Little Round . . . — — Map (db m14913) HM

115 ► Pennsylvania, Adams County, Round Top, Cumberland Township — The Eye of General Warren — July 2, 1863 - Second Day —

"I saw that this [Little Round Top] was the key to the whole position..." Brig. Gen. G.K. Warren, U.S.A. Chief of Engineers, Army of the Potomac About 3:30 p.m. on July 2, the Union army's Chief Engineer, Brig. Gen. G.K. Warren, stepped out on . . . — — Map (db m14919) HM

116 ► Pennsylvania, Adams County, Round Top, Cumberland Township — The Union Fishhook —

"On the whole this was an admirable position to fight a defensive battle...." 1st Lt. Frank A. Haskell, U.S.A. Aide to Brig. Gen. John Gibbon You are standing on Little Round Top looking north and west over the center of the battlefield. Much of . . . — — Map (db m14921) HM

117 ► Pennsylvania, Adams County, Round Top, Cumberland Township — The Valley of Death — July 2, 1863 - Second Day —

"The night of July 2d was bright moonlight but it seemed to me there were spirits flitting from Little Round Top to Devil's Den and back, all night; and as I lay awake, the only sounds I could hear were the groans of the wounded lying between the . . . — — Map (db m14928) HM

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118 ► Pennsylvania, Adams County, Round Top, Cumberland Township — The Wounded and the Dead — Reported missing

"Every conceivable wound that iron and lead can make, blunt or sharp, bullet, ball and shell, piercing, bruising, tearing, was there...." 1lst Lt. Frank A. Haskell, U.S.A. Aide to Brig. Gen. John Gibbon In the three days at Gettysburg, 7,708 . . . — — Map (db m15523) HM

119 ► Pennsylvania, Adams County, Round Top, Cumberland Township — Third Brigade — Second Division - Fifth Corps — Army of the Potomac —

Army of the Potomac Fifth Corps Second Division Third Brigade brig. Gen. Stephen H. Weed Col. Kenner Garrard 140th. 146th. New York 91st. 155th. Pennsylvania InfantryJuly 2 Arrived early in the morning and lay on the Baltimore Pike near Rock . . . — — Map (db m14940) HM

120 ► Pennsylvania, Adams County, Round Top, Cumberland Township — Third Brigade — First Division - Fifth Corps — Army of the Potomac —

Army of the Potomac Fifth Corps First Division Third Brigade Col. Strong Vincent, Col. James C. Rice 20th. Maine, 16th. Michigan, 44th. New York 83d. Pennsylvania InfantryJuly 2 After 4 p.m. moved with the Division left in front to the support . . . — — Map (db m14964) HM

121 ► Pennsylvania, Adams County, Round Top, Cumberland Township — Third Brigade — First Division - Third Corps — Army of the Potomac —

Army of the Potomac Third Corps First Division Third Brigade Col. P. Regis De Trobriand 17th. Maine 3d. 5th. Michigan 40th. New York 110th. (6 Cos.) Pennsylvania Infantry July 2 Arrived at 10 a.m. On the advance of the Division between 2 and . . . — — Map (db m15696) HM WM

122 ► Pennsylvania, Adams County, Round Top, Cumberland Township — Third Brigade — Third Division - Fifth Corps — Army of the Potomac —

Army of the Potomac Fifth Corps Third Division Third Brigade Col. Joseph W. Fisher 34th. 38th. 39th. 40th. 41st. Penna. Infantry (5th. 9th. 10th. 11th. 12th. (9 cos.) Reserves) July 2 Moved with the Division from the Baltimore Pike near Rock . . . — — Map (db m17786) HM

123 ► Pennsylvania, Adams County, Round Top, Cumberland Township — Third Division — Sixth Corps — Army of the Potomac —

Army of the Potomac Sixth Corps Third Division Major General John Newton, Brig. General Frank Wheaton First Brigade Gen. Alex. Shaler Second Brigade Col. Henry L. Eustis Third Brigade Col. David J. Nevin July 2. Arrived about 2 p.m. and late in . . . — — Map (db m15880) HM

124 ► Pennsylvania, Adams County, Round Top, Cumberland Township — Touring the Battlefield —

Self-Guiding Auto Tour The complete 24-mile auto tour starts at the visitor center and includes the following 16 tour stops, the Barlow Knoll Loop, and the Historic Downtown Gettysburg Tour. The route traces the three-day battle in . . . — — Map (db m130287) HM

125 ► Pennsylvania, Adams County, Round Top, Cumberland Township — Twelfth U.S. Infantry — First Brigade - Second Division — Fifth Corps —

Army of the Potomac Fifth Corps Second Division First Brigade Twelfth U.S. Infantry Eight Companies Captain Thomas S. Dunn Commanding July 2 Arrived in the morning and took position with the Brigade and Division near the Twelfth Corps on the . . . — — Map (db m15583) HM

126 ► Pennsylvania, Adams County, Round Top, Cumberland Township — Warren —

Led to this spot by his military sagacity on July 2, 1863General Gouverneur Kemble WarrenThen Chief Engineer of the Army of the Potomac detected General Hood's flanking movement and by promptly assuming the responsibility of ordering troops . . . — — Map (db m14941) HM WM

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