New Insights At The Battle Of Gettysburg

Summary

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Paper / Report Submission (General Sessions)", at the 2023 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.

The battle of Gettysburg took place from 1-4 July 1863. The battlefield itself covers over 9.36 square miles. The battle for the Union left on Little Round Top took place on Day 2. The Confederate approach to Little Round Top was along a lower ridge line of Big Round Top, overlooking Devil’s Den, through an area called the Devil’s Kitchen. While Devil’s Kitchen, an area of large boulders, was not the scene of heavy fighting, it did see considerable troop movement and heavy skirmishing as Union forces sought to delay the Confederate advance toward Little Round Top. The fighting around Devil’s Kitchen is not well researched or written about. A pending trail mitigation gave archaeologists a chance to conduct a metal detection survey of the area and artifacts recovered are providing new insight into the activities and fighting of both armies on that day and crucial time.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Paper / Report Submission (General Sessions)   •
• Society for Historical Archaeology 2023

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