The high-water mark of the Confederacy or high tide of the Confederacy refers to an area on Cemetery Ridge near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, marking the furthest point reached by Confederate forces durin
To the left (east) of The Angle stone wall was the furthest advances of the units of Longstreet's assault during the 1863 Battle of Gettysburg.
The 72nd Pennsylvania Infantry Monument marks their "advance position".
The Armistead Marker marks where General Armistead collapsed with mortal wounds.
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Lewis Addison Armistead was a career United States Army officer who became a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. On July 3, 1863, as part of Pickett's Charg
High-water mark of the Confederacy
…Ridge opened fire on the advancing men, inflicting a 50% casualty rate on the Confederate ranks. One of Pickett's brigade commanders was Brig. Gen. Lewis Armistead. His men were able to breach the Union lines in just one place, a bend in the wall that has become known as "the Angle". This gap in the Union line was…
Armistead, c. 1861–1863