The Angle

This article is about an area of the Gettysburg battlefield. For other military engagements with similar names, see Bloody Angle (disambiguation). For other uses, see Angle (disambiguation).
The Angle
Bloody Angle
Historic site
Plaque inscribed "General Armistead and a few Confederate soldiers charged across this wall, reached the Union cannon behind it and were soon overwhelmed"[1]
Plaque inscribed "General Armistead and a few Confederate soldiers charged across this wall, reached the Union cannon behind it and were soon overwhelmed"[1]
Map
Coordinates: 39°48′48″N 77°14′11″W / 39.81343°N 77.23640°W / 39.81343; -77.23640
Locationplaque near north end of north-south wall
& west end of 80 ft west-east wall
Old veterans clasping hands across the Angle at the 1913 Gettysburg reunion.

The Angle[2] (Bloody Angle colloq.) is a Gettysburg Battlefield area which includes the 1863 Copse of Trees used as the target landmark for Pickett's Charge, the 1892 monument that marks the high-water mark of the Confederacy, a rock wall,[3] and several other Battle of Gettysburg monuments.

  1. ^ "The Angle". Historical Marker Database.
  2. ^ Cope, Emmor (Bvt Lt Col) (1896), The Angle - Cast Iron Site ID Tablet, United States Department of War marker, archived from the original (NPS.gov webpage on List of Classified Structures) on 2011-07-21, retrieved 2011-02-11, 1 of 35 Site ID Tablets by War Dept's ... Designer ... Cope, E. B. ... Painted raised letter and border inscription tablet, 2'1"x1'8". Mounted on fluted post, 3' high.
  3. ^ "List of Classified Structures: The Angle Stone Wall, Structure Number WA03". Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved July 6, 2020.