15th NY Light Artillery Battery Hart(w) / Knox(w)
15th NY Light Artillery Battery Hart(w) / Knox(w) is a monument in Cumberland Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania. 15th NY Light Artillery Battery Hart(w) / Knox(w) is situated nearby to the monument Pennsylvania State Memorial, Gettysburg, as well as near the historic building G. Weikert Barn.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Pennsylvania State Memorial, Gettysburg and High Water Mark of the Rebellion Monument.
Pennsylvania State Memorial, Gettysburg
Monument
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The Pennsylvania State Memorial is a monument in Gettysburg National Military Park that commemorates the 34,530 Pennsylvania soldiers who fought in the July 1 to 3, 1863 Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War. Pennsylvania State Memorial, Gettysburg is situated 880 feet north of 15th NY Light Artillery Battery Hart(w) / Knox(w).
High Water Mark of the Rebellion Monument
Monument
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The High Water Mark of the Rebellion Monument is a Gettysburg Battlefield memorial which identifies the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia units of the infantry attack on the Battle of Gettysburg, third day, with a large bronze tablet, as well as the Union… High Water Mark of the Rebellion Monument is situated 2,700 feet north of 15th NY Light Artillery Battery Hart(w) / Knox(w).
Gettysburg National Cemetery
Cemetery
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Gettysburg National Cemetery, originally called Soldiers' National Cemetery, is a United States national cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, created for Union army casualties sustained in the Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War. Gettysburg National Cemetery is situated 1 mile north of 15th NY Light Artillery Battery Hart(w) / Knox(w).
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Round Top and Little Round Top.
Round Top
Hamlet
Round Top is a populated place in Adams County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, near Little Round Top. It is notable for two Battle of Gettysburg hospitals, the 1884 Round Top Station, and several battlefield commemorative era attractions such as Round Top Park and the Round Top Museum.
Little Round Top
Locality
Little Round Top is the smaller of two rocky hills south of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania—the companion to the adjacent, taller hill named Big Round Top. It was the site of an unsuccessful assault by Confederate troops against the Union left flank on July 2, 1863, the second day of the Battle of Gettysburg, during the American Civil War.
Devil’s Den
Locality
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Devil's Den is a boulder-strewn hill on the south end of Houck's Ridge at Gettysburg Battlefield, used by artillery and sharpshooters on the second day of the 1863 Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War.
15th NY Light Artillery Battery Hart(w) / Knox(w)
- Type: Monument
- Inscription: “July 3. Ordered early to the front and took position in the battalion on the left of Battery E, 5th Massachusetts. Directed by Maj. General Hancock to open on the Confederate batteries with solid shot and shell. Upon the advance of the Confederate infantr”
- Category: historic site
- Location: Cumberland Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.80524° or 39° 48′ 19″ northLongitude
-77.23484° or 77° 14′ 5″ westOpen location code
87F4RQ48+33OpenStreetMap ID
node 6681632984OpenStreetMap feature
historic=monument
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Notable Places Nearby
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