High
Water Mark Memorial
Gettysburg National Military Park, Pennsylvania
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Dedicated
June 2, 1892
The
ebb and flow of the Civil War took a decided turn in favor of
the Union forces on July 3, 1863. That afternoon, Confederate
Lieutenant General James Longstreet led a harrowing charge culminating
in hand-to-hand combat at a position marked by this memorial.
Union troops awaited the attack from behind a stone wall, shaded
by a small grove of oak trees. The Confederates were able to breach
General George Gordon Meade’s first line of defense, but ultimately
were forced to retreat. Over one half of the slightly fewer than
12,000 attacking Confederates were killed, wounded or captured.
The
bronze and granite memorial marking the symbolic high water mark
of the Civil War features a large open book held up by two pyramids
of cannon balls. The book displays the names of both the Confederate
and Union units which fought that day. After the dedication, other
plaques were placed to the left and right of the base to list
the regiments that participated.
Text
© 2002 Terry White, Drawing © 2002 Bill Harrah
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