Culp's Hill, Gettysburg, Pa.

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Keystone View Company

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1905

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Culp’s Hill in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania served as an important location during the Battle of Gettysburg. Named for the farmer Henry Culp who bought the hill in 1863, the hill was held by Union troops for all three days of the battle, serving as a critical defensive point for maintaining the Union’s right defensive flank and vital communications and supply lines. First occupied on July 1, the hill was held by General George Sears Greene’s brigade, which fought on July 2 to defend the location from 4,700 Confederate attackers. By the end of the second day of the Battle of Gettysburg, Confederate troops had captured the lower portion of the hill while Federal soldiers remained firmly entrenched on the higher ground, with both sides receiving reinforcements before the battle resumed on the morning of July 3. When the fighting for the hill resumed, 22,000 Union and Confederate soldiers fought until noon for the strategically important hill, with the Union forces prevailing and holding the line.

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