On the 2nd day at dusk, union forces repelled a confederate assault on Culps Hill. Gettysburg national military park. PA. USA.
Culp's Hill is a key terrain feature in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, overlooking the main downtown area from the southeast. It consists of two rounded peaks, separated by a narrow saddle. The higher peak, at 627 feet (190 m) above sea level, is of similar height to its neighbor to the west, Cemetery Hill, but it is heavily wooded and has a steep slope east to Rock Creek, 160 feet (50 m) lower in elevation. The western slope is connected to East Cemetery Hill by a sagging crest line that includes a plateau (McKnight's Hill) that was named Stevens's Knoll after the battle, for Captain Greenleaf T. Stevens, the commander of the 5th Maine Light Artillery, stationed there. The lower peak is 100 feet (30 m) shorter than its companion. The hill was owned in 1863 by a local farmer named Henry Culp. The Battle of Gettysburg was a turning point in the Civil War, the Union victory that ended General Robert E. Lee's second and most ambitious invasion of the North in 1863. Often referred to as the "High Water Mark of the Rebellion", it was the war's bloodiest battle with 51,000 casualties and the setting for President Abraham Lincoln's "Gettysburg Address". Begin your visit at the Gettysburg National Military Park Museum and Visitor Center at 1195 Baltimore Pike, Gettysburg, where the park offers free information, an extensive museum about Gettysburg and the Civil War, the fully restored Gettysburg Cyclorama that dramatically depicts "Pickett's Charge", and the film "A New Birth of Freedom", narrated by Morgan Freeman, which focuses on the significance of Gettysburg.
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Location: Gettysburg National Military Park, Pennsylvania. USA.
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