McPherson Ridge

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Civil War battlefield historic site landform

McPherson Ridge is a prominent Civil War battlefield ridge west of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, known as the site of significant early fighting on the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
McPherson Ridge canonical	1
McPherson’s Ridge	1
Round Top ridge	1
Warfield Ridge	1

Statements (41)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Civil War battlefield ⓘ historic site ⓘ landform ⓘ
associatedWithEvent	Battle of Gettysburg ⓘ Battle of Gettysburg ⓘ surface form: First Day of the Battle of Gettysburg
associatedWithMilitaryUnit	I Corps (Union Army of the Potomac) ⓘ surface form: 1st Corps, Army of the Potomac Heth’s Division ⓘ surface form: Heth’s Division, Army of Northern Virginia Iron Brigade ⓘ
associatedWithPerson	Abner Doubleday ⓘ James J. Archer ⓘ John F. Reynolds ⓘ
battleDate	1863-07-01 ⓘ
conflict	American Civil War ⓘ
currentUse	historic battlefield park ⓘ
governedBy	National Park Service ⓘ
hasInterpretiveFeature	National Park Service wayside exhibits ⓘ tour stop on Gettysburg auto tour ⓘ
hasMarker	historical tablets and monuments ⓘ
hasNearbyFeature	Herbst Woods ⓘ Seminary Ridge ⓘ Willoughby Run ⓘ
hasRoad	Chambersburg Pike ⓘ Reynolds Avenue ⓘ Stone Avenue ⓘ
hasStructure	McPherson Barn ⓘ Reynolds equestrian statue ⓘ
knownFor	early fighting on July 1, 1863 ⓘ
locatedIn	Adams County, Pennsylvania ⓘ Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States ⓘ surface form: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Pennsylvania ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
namedAfter	John B. McPherson NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Gettysburg National Military Park ⓘ surface form: Gettysburg Battlefield Gettysburg National Military Park ⓘ first-day field of the Battle of Gettysburg ⓘ
significance	key defensive position for Union forces on July 1, 1863 ⓘ site of initial large-scale infantry engagement at Gettysburg ⓘ
terrainType	ridge ⓘ
tourism	Civil War heritage tourism destination ⓘ
usedBy	Confederate States Army ⓘ surface form: Confederate Army Union Army ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Seminary Ridge → near → McPherson Ridge ⓘ

this entity surface form: Warfield Ridge

Little Round Top (nearby) → partOf → McPherson Ridge ⓘ

subject surface form: Little Round Top

this entity surface form: Round Top ridge

Lutheran Theological Seminary cupola area → hasViewOf → McPherson Ridge ⓘ

this entity surface form: McPherson’s Ridge