Positions of Battteries on Cemetery Ridge

Identifier:
052599
Title:
Positions of Battteries on Cemetery Ridge
Date:
07/02
Description:
Positions of Batteries on Cemetery Ridge. Gettysburg Military Park, PA.Dedicated on September 28, 1898.Front of monument reads: "Sons of the Mountains7th W Va VeteranRomney to Appomattox1st Brigade Carroll 3rd Division 2nd Corps.At dusk July 2nd Carroll’s Brigade was ordered by General Hancock to this point. On arriving there we found the Battery about to be taken charge of by the enemy who were in large force. Whereupon we immediately charged on the enemy and succeeded in completely routing their entire force and driving them beyond our lines."Image from 1965 thesis, "The Seventh West Virginia Volunteer Infantry 1861-1865"
Subjects:
Civil defense--Equipment and supplies., West Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865., Monuments and Statues.
Corporate Names:
United States. Army. West Virginia Infantry Regiment, 7th (1861-1865)--Monuments.
Geographic:
Gettysburg National Military Park (Pa.)
Acquisition Source:
O'Brien, Katherine
Acquisition Method:
Acquired
Medium:
print
Projects:
West Virginia History OnView