Summit of Culp's Hill

Original Price: $15.95
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Stock #: 530788
Type: Postcard
Era: Divided Back
City: Gettysburg
State: Pennsylvania (PA)
County: Adams
Publisher: A. C. B. & Co.
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)

Additional Details:
Here is shown one of the steel observation towers of which the commission in charge of Gettysburg National Park have erected five at important parts of the field. The virile bronze figure on the monument in the foreground is a memorial to Gen. Greene. He was in command of a brigade of NY troops and when, by the withdrawal of the larger part of the 12th Corps on the night of the 2nd, he was left to guard a long line of entrenchments. His skillful and obstinate defense prevented a vastly superior force from breaking his line, and contributed largely to the general result of the battle. The position of Knap's Pennsylvania Battery is on the right.

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