Cemetery Hill

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battlefield feature hill

Cemetery Hill is a prominent, strategically important rise of ground that formed a key Union defensive position during the Battle of Gettysburg in the American Civil War.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Cemetery Hill canonical	10
Cemetery Hill at Gettysburg	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battlefield feature ⓘ hill ⓘ
associatedWith	Gettysburg Address ⓘ surface form: President Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address (nearby at Gettysburg National Cemetery)
associatedWithBattle	Battle of Gettysburg ⓘ
attackedBy	Brigadier General Harry T. Hays ⓘ Colonel Isaac E. Avery ⓘ Major General Jubal A. Early ⓘ
battleOutcomeRole	helped stabilize Union lines after the first day of battle ⓘ its retention contributed to overall Union victory at Gettysburg ⓘ served as rallying point for retreating Union troops on July 1, 1863 ⓘ
commandedBy	Oliver Otis Howard ⓘ surface form: Major General Oliver O. Howard Winfield Scott Hancock ⓘ surface form: Major General Winfield Scott Hancock
contains	Evergreen Cemetery ⓘ Soldiers' National Cemetery ⓘ surface form: Gettysburg National Cemetery
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
currentStatus	preserved as part of Gettysburg National Military Park ⓘ
dateOfMajorEngagement	July 1, 1863 ⓘ July 2, 1863 ⓘ
defendedBy	II Corps (Union Army of the Potomac) ⓘ XI Corps (Union Army of the Potomac) ⓘ
elevationRelativeToTown	overlooks the town of Gettysburg ⓘ
feature	artillery positions during the Battle of Gettysburg ⓘ stone walls used as infantry defenses ⓘ
geographicalType	prominent rise of ground ⓘ
hasView	panoramic view of Gettysburg and surrounding battlefield ⓘ
historicalPeriod	19th century United States history ⓘ
locatedIn	Adams County, Pennsylvania ⓘ Gettysburg ⓘ surface form: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
memorials	Evergreen Cemetery Gatehouse monument area ⓘ artillery battery monuments ⓘ multiple Union regimental monuments ⓘ
nearbyFeature	Baltimore Pike ⓘ Cemetery Ridge ⓘ Culp's Hill ⓘ Seminary Ridge ⓘ Emmitsburg Road ⓘ surface form: Taneytown Road
notableEvent	evening Confederate assaults on July 2, 1863 ⓘ
opposedBy	Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ surface form: Confederate Army of Northern Virginia
overseenBy	National Park Service ⓘ surface form: U.S. National Park Service
partOf	Gettysburg National Military Park ⓘ surface form: Gettysburg Battlefield Gettysburg National Military Park ⓘ
significance	key Union defensive position at the Battle of Gettysburg ⓘ
strategicRole	anchor of the Union right flank on Cemetery Ridge ⓘ dominant high ground south of Gettysburg ⓘ
tourism	popular site for battlefield tours ⓘ
usedBy	Army of the Potomac ⓘ surface form: Union Army of the Potomac
war	American Civil War ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

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

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States → hasLandmark → Cemetery Hill ⓘ

subject surface form: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

Battle of Gettysburg: July 1–3, 1863 → UnionDefensiveLine → Cemetery Hill ⓘ

subject surface form: Battle of Gettysburg

Seminary Ridge → hasViewOf → Cemetery Hill ⓘ

Gettysburg → hasLandmark → Cemetery Hill ⓘ

Cemetery Ridge → northEndAdjacentTo → Cemetery Hill ⓘ

Culp's Hill → nearbyFeature → Cemetery Hill ⓘ

Evergreen Cemetery Gatehouse monument area → hasView → Cemetery Hill ⓘ

XI Corps (Union Army of the Potomac) → garrisoned → Cemetery Hill ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cemetery Hill at Gettysburg

Evergreen Cemetery → locatedOnTerrainFeature → Cemetery Hill ⓘ

Baltimore Pike → near → Cemetery Hill ⓘ

Evergreen Cemetery, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania → locatedOn → Cemetery Hill ⓘ