fighting at the Peach Orchard

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Fighting at the Peach Orchard was a pivotal and fiercely contested phase of the Battle of Gettysburg, marked by intense combat around a key salient in the Union line on July 2, 1863.

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instanceOf event in the American Civil War ⓘ
military engagement phase ⓘ
associatedUnitConfederate Barksdale’s Brigade ⓘ
First Corps, Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ
Kershaw’s Brigade ⓘ
McLaws’s Division ⓘ
associatedUnitUnion II Corps, Army of the Potomac ⓘ
III Corps, Army of the Potomac ⓘ
belligerent Confederate Army ⓘ
Union Army ⓘ
casualties heavy casualties for both Union and Confederate forces ⓘ
characterizedBy heavy artillery fire ⓘ
intense close-quarters combat ⓘ
commanderConfederate James Longstreet ⓘ
Joseph B. Kershaw NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lafayette McLaws ⓘ
William Barksdale ⓘ
commanderUnion Andrew A. Humphreys ⓘ
Daniel Sickles ⓘ
David B. Birney NERFINISHED ⓘ
Winfield Scott Hancock ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
date July 2, 1863 ⓘ
followedBy fighting in the Valley of Death and on Little Round Top ⓘ
fighting in the Wheatfield ⓘ
impact contributed to heavy casualties on both sides ⓘ
destabilization of the Union III Corps line ⓘ
location Adams County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Peach Orchard, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania ⓘ
memorializedBy historical markers at Gettysburg National Military Park ⓘ
notableAction Union artillery defense along the Emmitsburg Road ⓘ
advance of Barksdale’s Mississippi brigade against the Peach Orchard salient ⓘ
partOf Battle of Gettysburg ⓘ
partOfCampaign Gettysburg Campaign ⓘ
precededBy initial Confederate artillery bombardment on July 2, 1863 ⓘ
relatedDecision forward movement of Union III Corps ordered by Daniel Sickles ⓘ
result Confederate tactical success ⓘ
collapse of the Union salient at the Peach Orchard ⓘ
side1 Army of the Potomac ⓘ
side2 Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ
significance pivotal phase of the second day at Gettysburg ⓘ
strategicRole salient in the Union line ⓘ
terrainFeature orchard on the Emmitsburg Road ⓘ
ridges and open fields west of Cemetery Ridge ⓘ
theater Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
timeOfDay afternoon of July 2, 1863 ⓘ
evening of July 2, 1863 ⓘ

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Battle of Gettysburg → notableEvent → fighting at the Peach Orchard ⓘ