fighting at the Peach Orchard

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event in the American Civil War military engagement phase

Fighting at the Peach Orchard was a pivotal and fiercely contested phase of the Battle of Gettysburg, marked by intense combat around a key salient in the Union line on July 2, 1863.

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Label	Occurrences
fighting at the Peach Orchard canonical	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	event in the American Civil War ⓘ military engagement phase ⓘ
associatedUnitConfederate	Barksdale’s Brigade ⓘ First Corps, Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ Kershaw's Brigade (Confederate) ⓘ surface form: Kershaw’s Brigade McLaws’s Division ⓘ
associatedUnitUnion	II Corps (Union Army of the Potomac) ⓘ surface form: II Corps, Army of the Potomac III Corps, Army of the Potomac ⓘ
belligerent	Confederate States Army ⓘ surface form: Confederate Army Union Army ⓘ
casualties	heavy casualties for both Union and Confederate forces ⓘ
characterizedBy	heavy artillery fire ⓘ intense close-quarters combat ⓘ
commanderConfederate	James Longstreet ⓘ Joseph B. Kershaw NERFINISHED ⓘ Lafayette McLaws ⓘ William Barksdale ⓘ
commanderUnion	Andrew A. Humphreys ⓘ Daniel Sickles ⓘ David B. Birney NERFINISHED ⓘ Winfield Scott Hancock ⓘ
conflict	American Civil War ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
date	July 2, 1863 ⓘ
followedBy	fighting in the Valley of Death and on Little Round Top ⓘ fighting in the Wheatfield ⓘ
impact	contributed to heavy casualties on both sides ⓘ destabilization of the Union III Corps line ⓘ
location	Adams County, Pennsylvania ⓘ Peach Orchard, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania ⓘ
memorializedBy	historical markers at Gettysburg National Military Park ⓘ
notableAction	Union artillery defense along the Emmitsburg Road ⓘ advance of Barksdale’s Mississippi brigade against the Peach Orchard salient ⓘ
partOf	Battle of Gettysburg ⓘ
partOfCampaign	Gettysburg Campaign ⓘ
precededBy	initial Confederate artillery bombardment on July 2, 1863 ⓘ
relatedDecision	forward movement of Union III Corps ordered by Daniel Sickles ⓘ
result	Confederate tactical success ⓘ collapse of the Union salient at the Peach Orchard ⓘ
side1	Army of the Potomac ⓘ
side2	Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ
significance	pivotal phase of the second day at Gettysburg ⓘ
strategicRole	salient in the Union line ⓘ
terrainFeature	orchard on the Emmitsburg Road ⓘ ridges and open fields west of Cemetery Ridge ⓘ
theater	Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
timeOfDay	afternoon of July 2, 1863 ⓘ evening of July 2, 1863 ⓘ

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Battle of Gettysburg: July 1–3, 1863 → notableEvent → fighting at the Peach Orchard ⓘ

subject surface form: Battle of Gettysburg