The Angle
Bloody Angle | |
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Historic site | |
![Plaque inscribed "General Armistead and a few Confederate soldiers charged across this wall, reached the Union cannon behind it and were soon overwhelmed"[1]](view_image.php?q=The_Angle&sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:TheAngle2.jpg) Plaque inscribed "General Armistead and a few Confederate soldiers charged across this wall, reached the Union cannon behind it and were soon overwhelmed"[1] | |
| Coordinates: 39°48′48″N 77°14′11″W / 39.81343°N 77.23640°W | |
| Location | plaque near north end of north-south wall & west end of 80 ft west-east wall |
The Angle[2] (Bloody Angle colloq.) 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, a rock wall,[3] and several other Battle of Gettysburg monuments.
- ^ "The Angle". Historical Marker Database.
- ^ Cope, Emmor (Bvt Lt Col) (1896), The Angle - Cast Iron Site ID Tablet, United States Department of War marker, archived from the original (NPS.gov webpage on List of Classified Structures) on 2011-07-21, retrieved 2011-02-11,
1 of 35 Site ID Tablets by War Dept's ... Designer ... Cope, E. B. ... Painted raised letter and border inscription tablet, 2'1"x1'8". Mounted on fluted post, 3' high.
- ^ "List of Classified Structures: The Angle Stone Wall, Structure Number WA03". Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved July 6, 2020.