The Angle
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The Angle is a Gettysburg Battlefield area which includes the 1863 Copse of Trees used as the target landmark for Pickett's Charge, the 1892 monument that marks the high-water mark of the Confederacy,
Plaque inscribed "General Armistead and a few Confederate soldiers charged across this wall, reached the Union cannon behind it and were soon overwhelmed"
Old veterans clasping hands across the Angle at the 1913 Gettysburg reunion.
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
The Angle
…Gettysburg Battlefield area which includes the 1863 Copse of Trees used as the target landmark for Pickett's Charge, the 1892 monument that marks the high-water mark of the Confederacy, a rock wall, and several other Battle of Gettysburg monuments. The area is where approximately 1,500 Confederate Virginians broke through the July 3…
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.
The photographic history of the Civil War thousands of scenes photographed 1861 65, with text by many special authorities