Gettysburg - Seminary Ridge

Seminary Ridge was the primary Confederate position west of Gettysburg for days two and three of the battle.

General A.P. Hill aligned his corps along this ridge on July 1. His men occupied it throughout the remainder of the battle.

On the morning of July 2, General Lee's army was positioned here, extended northward from this position through Gettysburg and eastward on the Hanover Road.

Meanwhile, Meade's Army of the Potomac occupied Culp's Hill and Cemetery Hill one mile west of this position, and his line extended southward on Cemetery Ridge toward Little Round Top. The U-shaped lines of both armies matched each other.

Darkness called a halt to the Confederate assault before the last of Hill's troops could be called into battle.