CS Kershaw SC Brigade

CS Kershaw SC Brigade is a monument in Cumberland Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania. CS Kershaw SC Brigade is situated nearby to the historic building Rose Farm House, as well as near the ruins Wentz House ruin.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Big Round Top and Gettysburg National Cemetery.

Big Round Top

Peak

Big Round Top is a boulder-strewn hill notable as the topographic high point of the Gettysburg Battlefield and for 1863 American Civil War engagements for which Medals of Honor were awarded.

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 2 miles northeast of CS Kershaw SC Brigade.

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 1 mile northeast of CS Kershaw SC Brigade.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Devil’s Den and Little Round Top.

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.

Little Round Top

Locality

Photo: Japedi, Public domain.

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.

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.

CS Kershaw SC Brigade

Type: Monument
Inscription: “Brigadier General Joseph B. Kershaw’s South Carolina Brigade of McLaw’s Division, ordered on the afternoon of July 2, 1863, to attack the Union battle line north and east of the Rose Farm, 100 yards eastward, crossed the Emmitsburg Road in this area.....”
Category: historic site
Location: Cumberland Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

39.79825° or 39° 47′ 54″ north

Longitude

-77.2517° or 77° 15′ 6″ west

Open location code

87F4QPXX+78

OpenStreetMap ID

node 7128972283

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=monument

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