McPherson Ridge

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McPherson Ridge is a prominent Civil War battlefield ridge west of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, known as the site of significant early fighting on the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
McPherson Ridge canonical 8
McPherson’s Ridge 2
Round Top ridge 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Civil War battlefield ⓘ
historic site ⓘ
landform ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Battle of Gettysburg ⓘ
First Day of the Battle of Gettysburg ⓘ
associatedWithMilitaryUnit 1st Corps, Army of the Potomac ⓘ
Heth’s Division, Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ
linked to: Heth’s Division

Iron Brigade ⓘ
associatedWithPerson Abner Doubleday ⓘ
James J. Archer ⓘ
John F. Reynolds ⓘ
battleDate 1863-07-01 ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
currentUse historic battlefield park ⓘ
governedBy National Park Service ⓘ
hasInterpretiveFeature National Park Service wayside exhibits ⓘ
tour stop on Gettysburg auto tour ⓘ
hasMarker historical tablets and monuments ⓘ
hasNearbyFeature Herbst Woods ⓘ
Seminary Ridge ⓘ
Willoughby Run ⓘ
hasRoad Chambersburg Pike ⓘ
Reynolds Avenue ⓘ
Stone Avenue ⓘ
hasStructure McPherson Barn ⓘ
Reynolds equestrian statue ⓘ
knownFor early fighting on July 1, 1863 ⓘ
locatedIn Adams County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Pennsylvania ⓘ
United States ⓘ
namedAfter John B. McPherson NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Gettysburg Battlefield ⓘ
Gettysburg National Military Park ⓘ
first-day field of the Battle of Gettysburg ⓘ
significance key defensive position for Union forces on July 1, 1863 ⓘ
site of initial large-scale infantry engagement at Gettysburg ⓘ
terrainType ridge ⓘ
tourism Civil War heritage tourism destination ⓘ
usedBy Confederate Army ⓘ
Union Army ⓘ

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Referenced by (12)

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

Seminary Ridge → near → McPherson Ridge ⓘ
Seminary Ridge → near → Warfield Ridge ⓘ
linked to: McPherson Ridge
Little Round Top → partOf → Round Top ridge ⓘ
subject linked to: Little Round Top (nearby)
linked to: McPherson Ridge
Lutheran Theological Seminary cupola area → hasViewOf → McPherson’s Ridge ⓘ
linked to: McPherson Ridge
McPherson Barn → locatedNear → McPherson Ridge ⓘ
Stone Avenue → crosses → McPherson Ridge ⓘ
Willoughby Run → near → McPherson Ridge ⓘ
Herbst Woods → hasNearbyFeature → McPherson Ridge ⓘ
Chambersburg Pike → near → McPherson Ridge ⓘ
Reynolds Monument at Gettysburg National Military Park → associatedPlace → McPherson’s Ridge ⓘ
linked to: McPherson Ridge
Reynolds Avenue → runsAcross → McPherson Ridge ⓘ