first-day field of the Battle of Gettysburg
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The first-day field of the Battle of Gettysburg is the area west and north of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, where Union and Confederate forces clashed on July 1, 1863, in the opening phase of the pivotal three-day Civil War battle.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| first-day field of the Battle of Gettysburg canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Civil War battlefield area
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historic site ⓘ |
| associatedUnit |
Army of Northern Virginia
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Army of the Potomac NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| combatants |
Confederate Army
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Union Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsFeature |
Barlow Knoll vicinity
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Blocher’s Knoll vicinity ⓘ Carlisle Road sector NERFINISHED ⓘ Chambersburg Pike sector NERFINISHED ⓘ Fairfield Road sector NERFINISHED ⓘ Forney Ridge NERFINISHED ⓘ Harrisburg Road sector NERFINISHED ⓘ Herr Ridge NERFINISHED ⓘ Lutheran Theological Seminary grounds (first-day area) NERFINISHED ⓘ McPherson Ridge NERFINISHED ⓘ Mummasburg Road sector NERFINISHED ⓘ Oak Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ Oak Ridge NERFINISHED ⓘ Railroad Cut NERFINISHED ⓘ Seminary Ridge (northern sector) NERFINISHED ⓘ Sheads Woods NERFINISHED ⓘ Willoughby Run NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| currentUse | part of Gettysburg National Military Park ⓘ |
| date | July 1, 1863 ⓘ |
| directionFrom |
north of Gettysburg
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west of Gettysburg ⓘ |
| hasMarker | War Department tablets describing first-day actions ⓘ |
| hasMonument |
various Confederate regimental monuments
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various Union regimental monuments ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | protected battlefield landscape ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Adams County, Pennsylvania
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| notableCommander |
A. P. Hill
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George G. Meade NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry Heth NERFINISHED ⓘ John F. Reynolds NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard S. Ewell NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert E. Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Battle of Gettysburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| phaseOf | opening phase of the Battle of Gettysburg ⓘ |
| result | Union forces driven back through Gettysburg to Cemetery Hill and Cemetery Ridge ⓘ |
| significance | site of initial clash between Union and Confederate forces at Gettysburg ⓘ |
| tourism | visited by battlefield tourists and Civil War historians ⓘ |
| usedDuring |
American Civil War
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Battle of Gettysburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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