Seminary Ridge

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American Civil War battlefield site landform ridge

Seminary Ridge is a prominent elevated landform west of Gettysburg that served as a major Confederate defensive position during the Battle of Gettysburg in the American Civil War.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Confederate battle line	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American Civil War battlefield site ⓘ landform ⓘ ridge ⓘ
armyOccupant	Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ
associatedWithConflict	American Civil War ⓘ
battleOutcomeContext	ultimately abandoned by Confederate forces after Union victory at Gettysburg ⓘ
commandedByFrom	Robert E. Lee ⓘ
contains	Lutheran Theological Seminary cupola area ⓘ
currentUse	historic site ⓘ part of Gettysburg National Military Park ⓘ
dateOfEvent	July 1, 1863 ⓘ July 2, 1863 ⓘ July 3, 1863 ⓘ
elevationRelativeTo	higher than the town of Gettysburg ⓘ
frontsToward	Cemetery Ridge ⓘ
geologicalForm	low ridge ⓘ
hasInterpretiveFeature	battlefield wayside exhibits ⓘ historical markers ⓘ
hasMemorial	state memorials ⓘ unit markers ⓘ various Confederate monuments ⓘ
hasRoad	West Confederate Avenue ⓘ
hasRole	main Confederate line of battle at Gettysburg ⓘ staging area for Pickett's Charge ⓘ
hasViewOf	Cemetery Hill ⓘ Cemetery Ridge ⓘ Gettysburg ⓘ surface form: Gettysburg town Little Round Top ⓘ
locatedIn	Adams County, Pennsylvania ⓘ Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States ⓘ surface form: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Pennsylvania ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
managedBy	National Park Service ⓘ surface form: U.S. National Park Service
namedAfter	United Lutheran Seminary (Gettysburg campus) ⓘ surface form: Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg
near	Emmitsburg Road ⓘ McPherson Ridge ⓘ McPherson Ridge ⓘ surface form: Warfield Ridge
notableStructure	United Lutheran Seminary (Gettysburg campus) ⓘ surface form: Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg
parallelTo	Cemetery Ridge ⓘ
partOf	Gettysburg National Military Park ⓘ surface form: Gettysburg Battlefield
significantEvent	Confederate artillery bombardment preceding Pickett's Charge ⓘ establishment of Confederate headquarters areas ⓘ
tourism	visited by Civil War tourists ⓘ
usedAs	Seminary Ridge self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Confederate battle line Confederate defensive position ⓘ
usedDuring	Battle of Gettysburg ⓘ
westOf	Gettysburg ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States → hasLandmark → Seminary Ridge ⓘ

subject surface form: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

Gettysburg National Military Park → hasPart → Seminary Ridge ⓘ

Cemetery Hill → nearbyFeature → Seminary Ridge ⓘ

Seminary Ridge → usedAs → Seminary Ridge self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Confederate battle line