Big Round Top

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Big Round Top is a heavily wooded hill on the Gettysburg battlefield that formed the southern anchor of the Union Army’s defensive positions during the American Civil War.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Big Round Top canonical 7

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American Civil War site ⓘ
hill ⓘ
landform ⓘ
associatedWithCommander Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Union consolidation of line on July 3, 1863 ⓘ
night fighting on July 2, 1863 ⓘ
associatedWithMilitaryUnit 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment ⓘ
battlefieldSector southern end of Union line at Gettysburg ⓘ
capturedBy Union Army of the Potomac ⓘ
linked to: Army of the Potomac
characterizedBy heavily wooded terrain ⓘ
currentUse hiking destination ⓘ
historic site ⓘ
dateOfMajorEvent July 2, 1863 ⓘ
July 3, 1863 ⓘ
elevation about 785 feet above sea level ⓘ
formedDuring Mesozoic era ⓘ
linked to: Mesozoic Era
geologicalType diabase formation ⓘ
hasAccess footpath only ⓘ
hasFeature boulder-strewn terrain ⓘ
rocky slopes ⓘ
hasInterpretiveSignage Civil War battlefield markers ⓘ
hasRoleIn American Civil War ⓘ
Battle of Gettysburg ⓘ
hasTrail hiking trail from Sykes Avenue area ⓘ
hasViewOf southern portion of Gettysburg Battlefield ⓘ
locatedIn Adams County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Gettysburg National Military Park ⓘ
Pennsylvania ⓘ
United States ⓘ
managedBy National Park Service ⓘ
nearbyFeature Devil's Den ⓘ
Little Round Top ⓘ
Sykes Avenue ⓘ
Warren Avenue ⓘ
onRegister part of Gettysburg National Military Park Historic District ⓘ
partOf Gettysburg Battlefield ⓘ
Round Top ridge ⓘ
linked to: Round Top Ridge
prohibits vehicular access to summit ⓘ
southernNeighborOf Little Round Top ⓘ
strategicSignificance commanded approaches to Union left flank ⓘ
provided elevated observation point ⓘ
terrainType steep hill ⓘ
tourism included on Gettysburg auto tour routes ⓘ
visited by Civil War enthusiasts ⓘ
usedAs anchor of Union Army left flank ⓘ
defensive position ⓘ
vegetationType mixed hardwood forest ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

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

Battle of Gettysburg → UnionDefensiveLine → Big Round Top ⓘ
Little Round Top → locatedNear → Big Round Top ⓘ
subject linked to: Little Round Top (nearby)
Gettysburg → hasLandmark → Big Round Top ⓘ
Little Round Top → hasParentPeak → Big Round Top ⓘ
Sykes Avenue → runsNear → Big Round Top ⓘ
Warren Avenue → near → Big Round Top ⓘ
Warren Avenue → hasScenicViewOf → Big Round Top ⓘ