Cemetery Hill
Overview
Gettysburg Battlefield
The Gettysburg Battlefield is the area of the July 1–3, 1863, military engagements of the Battle of Gettysburg within and around the borough of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Locations of military engagements extend from the 4 acre site of the first shot & at on the west of the borough, to East...
landform which had 1863 military engagements each day of the July 1–3 Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg , was fought July 1–3, 1863, in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The battle with the largest number of casualties in the American Civil War, it is often described as the war's turning point. Union Maj. Gen. George Gordon Meade's Army of the Potomac...
. The northernmost part of the Army of the Potomac
Army of the Potomac
The Army of the Potomac was the major Union Army in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War.-History:The Army of the Potomac was created in 1861, but was then only the size of a corps . Its nucleus was called the Army of Northeastern Virginia, under Brig. Gen...
defensive "fish-hook
Fishhook (disambiguation)
-Geography:Cambodia:* Fishhook, CambodiaUnited States:* Fishhook, Alaska* Fishhook, Illinois* Fish Hook River, in Minnesota-Other uses:* The informal name of the symbol for the Alveolar tap in the International Phonetic Alphabet...
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Line (formation)
The line formation is a standard tactical formation which has been used in Early modern warfare.It continues the phalanx formation or shield wall of infantry armed with polearms in use during antiquity and the Middle Ages....
, the hill is gently sloped and provided a site for American Civil War
American Civil War
The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...
artillery (cf.
Cf.
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the heavily wooded Culp's Hill
Culp's Hill
Culps Hill is a Battle of Gettysburg landform south of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, with a heavily wooded summit of . The east slope is to Rock Creek , 160 feet lower in elevation, and the west slope is to a saddle with Stevens Knoll with a summit lower than the Culps Hill summit...
). The hill is the location of the Baltimore Pike, and the Emmitsburg Road to Washington, D. C. is along the north of the hill, with the Taneytown Road between them over Cemetery Hill.
Cemetery Hill overlooks the main downtown area of Gettysburg from the south, at 503 feet (153 m) above sea level
Sea level
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, 80 feet (24 m) above the town center, about 100 feet (30 m) above Winebrenner's Run at its base.
