ARMISTEAD AND HANCOCK WAR MEMORIAL
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Listing Details
Location: GETTYSBURG NATIONAL MILITARY PARK-BLACKSMITH SHOP ROAD
City: GETTYSBURG
State: Pennsylvania
Zip Code: 17325
Type of Memorial: Cemetery Stones
Year Dedicated: 2000
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: CIVIL WAR
Photograph By: CRAIG SWAIN
Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org
FRIENDS AND FELLOW OFFICERS IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY PRIOR TO 1861, THE FATE OF THE CIVIL WAR MADE THEM FOES ON THE BATTLEFIELD AT GETTYSBURG. CONFEDERATE BRIG. GEN. LEWIS A. ARMISTEAD AND UNION MAJ. GEN. WINFIELD S. HANCOCK WERE BOTH WOUNDED IN LONGSTREET’S ASSAULT (PICKETT’S CHARGE), JULY 3, 1863.
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