The Angle
The Angle
Bloody Angle | |
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Historic site | |
![Plaque inscribed "General Armistead and a few Confederate soldiers charged across this wall, reached the Union cannon behind it and were soon overwhelmed"[1]](/translate/en.wikipedia.org?u=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FFile%3ATheAngle2.jpg&t=vi) Plaque inscribed "General Armistead and a few Confederate soldiers charged across this wall, reached the Union cannon behind it and were soon overwhelmed"[1] | |
| Coordinates:39°48′48″N77°14′11″W/ 39.81343°N 77.23640°W | |
| Location | plaque near north end of north-south wall & west end of 80 ft west-east wall |
The Angle[2](Bloody Anglecolloq.) is aGettysburg Battlefieldarea which includes the 1863Copse of Treesused as the target landmark forPickett's Charge,the 1892 monument that marks thehigh-water mark of the Confederacy,a rock wall,[3]and several otherBattle of Gettysburgmonuments.
History
[edit]The area is where approximately 1,500 Confederate Virginians broke through the July 3, 1863, Union line onCemetery Ridge,[4]and in 1922, theMarine Expeditionary Force of Camp Hardingused The Angle in their reenactment of Pickett's Charge.[5]The proper noun "Bloody Angle" became common during thebattlefield's commemorative eraafter being used as early as 1893.[6]
A copy of theGettysburg Cycloramawas displayed in an 1894 tent at The Angle,[7]and during reunions in 1887,[4]1913 (50th battle anniversary),and1938 (75th);battle veterans shook hands over the rock wall at The Angle. The nearby field along the Emmitsburg Road was also the site ofGettysburg Battlefield camps after the American Civil Warsuch asEisenhower's1918Camp Colt,the 1938 Army Camp with the Secretary of War's quarters, and aWorld War II POW stockade.
The Angle is one of the few places named after the battle that is not named for a person (cf.The Loop[8]). As with Hancock Avenue along the east wall that extends northward, the original route planned for the 1893Gettysburg Electric Railwaywas along the west wall of The Angle[6]that extends southward, and although the trolley line was moved along the Emmitsburg Road, theGettysburg National Military Parkdid not acquire the trolley land at The Angle until congressional funding was appropriated in 1917.[9]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^"The Angle".Historical Marker Database.
- ^Cope, Emmor (Bvt Lt Col)(1896),The Angle - Cast Iron Site ID Tablet,United States Department of Warmarker, archived fromthe original(NPS.gov webpage on List of Classified Structures)on 2011-07-21,retrieved2011-02-11,
1 of 35 Site ID Tablets by War Dept's... Designer... Cope, E. B.... Painted raised letter and border inscription tablet, 2'1 "x1'8". Mounted on fluted post, 3' high.
- ^"List of Classified Structures: The Angle Stone Wall, Structure Number WA03".Archived fromthe originalon September 24, 2015.RetrievedJuly 6,2020.
- ^ab"A Gettysburg Reunion"(Google News Archive).The Canaseraga Times.July 8, 1887.Retrieved2011-02-11.
One of the dramatic incidents of the day took place at the bloody angle where 1,500 Virginians broke through the lines held by their hosts, and where the three monuments were dedicated on the 3d
(of July 1887). - ^"Traffic Rules on Battlefield"(Google News Archive).The Star and Sentinel.July 1, 1922.Retrieved2011-01-26.
- ^ab"Vandalism at Gettysburg"(PDF).The New York Times.May 26, 1893.Retrieved2011-02-11.
One photograph which appeared to-day showed the ground in front of the "Bloody Angle." The route of the railroad runs directly in front of the famous stone fence where Pickett's assaulting column was repulsed.
- ^Weeks, Jim (2011).Gettysburg: Memory, Market, and an American Shrine.Princeton University Press.p. 79.ISBN978-0691102719.
- ^"Wayback Machine has not archived that URL".hscl.cr.nps.gov.[permanent dead link]
- ^"Want $30,000 to Purchase Land of trolley Line".Adams County News. January 27, 1917.
(headline continues) Congress Gets Measure which would Appropriate Large Amount for that Purpose. Right of Way Desired. National Park Commission Said to Favor Plan to Acquire Battlefield Ground. Beales Presents Bill.