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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.

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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.
Address
Gettysburg National Military Park
1195 Baltimore Pike, Suite 100
Gettysburg, PA 17325-2804
United States
Phone 1 (717) 334-1124
Fax 1 (717) 334-1891
Parking
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North Carolina Memorial
The North Carolina monument is located at Seminary Ridge. It represents a group of North Carolina soldiers in "Pickett's Charge", and is accompanied by native dogwoods and a stone monolith that lists the North Carolina commands present at Gettysburg. One in every four Confederate soldiers who fell at Gettysburg was a North Carolinian.
Address
Gettysburg National Military Park
1195 Baltimore Pike, Suite 100
Gettysburg, PA 17325-2804
United States
Phone 1 (717) 334-1124
Fax 1 (717) 334-1891
Parking
Free
Virginia Monument
The Virginia Monument is a statue of General Lee sitting atop Traveler, his favorite horse. On the base of the monument is a group of bronze figures representing the various backgrounds of the soldiers who served under Virginia's flag, all sculpted by F. William Sievers.
Address
Gettysburg National Military Park
1195 Baltimore Pike, Suite 100
Gettysburg, PA 17325-2804
United States
Phone 1 (717) 334-1124
Fax 1 (717) 334-1891
The domed Pennsylvania Memorial in Gettysburg.
Arch of the Pennsylvania Memorial in Gettysburg.
Cannon in Gettysburg.
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