Rose Woods, Gettysburg

#3 among attractions in Gettysburg

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Rose Woods is a Gettysburg Battlefield forested area that is an American Civil War site of the battle's Hood's Assault, McLaws' Assault, and McCandless' Advance. "Scene of the first line of Union defenses" on the Battle of Gettysburg, Second Day; the 1st Texas Infantry and 3rd Arkansas Infantry Regiments attacked Ward's 2nd Brigade line in the woods. The last combat on the Battle of Gettysburg, Third Day, was "in the early evening. Colonel William McCandless's brigade of Pennsylvania Reserves advanced across the Wheatfield into Rose's Woods where they managed to inflict heavy losses on the 15th Georgia" which had failed to retreat to Warfield Ridge after Longstreet's Assault. Two days later Timothy H. O'Sullivan photographed corpses moved for burial to the edge of Rose Woods and which were subsequently reinterred in cemeteries. ()

Coordinates: 39°47'41"N, 77°14'41"W

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Rose Woods – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Pennsylvania State Memorial, Devil's Den, Little Round Top, Alabama State Monument.

1 miNE
Monuments and statues
Pennsylvania State Memorial, Gettysburg
27 min walk • The Pennsylvania State Memorial stands as a testament to the valor and sacrifice of the soldiers who fought in the Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War. Located in Adams County, Pennsylvania, within the historical boundaries of the Gettysburg National...
~1310 ftSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Devil's Den, Gettysburg
7 min walk • Devil's Den is a boulder-strewn hill on the south end of Houck's Ridge at Gettysburg Battlefield, once used by artillery and infantry on the second day of the 1863 Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War.
0.5 miE
Landmark hill with commemorative markers
Little Round Top, Gettysburg
13 min walk • Little Round Top is the smaller of two rocky hills south of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania—the companion to the adjacent, taller hill named Big Round Top.
0.8 miSW
Monuments and statues
Alabama State Monument, Gettysburg
20 min walk • The Alabama State Monument, also known as the Alabama State Memorial, is an Alabama memorial in Gettysburg National Military Park that commemorates the state's Confederate units that took part in the Battle of Gettysburg. It is located in an area that was occupied by Evander M.
0.6 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Big Round Top, Gettysburg
15 min walk • Big Round Top is a boulder-strewn hill notable as the topographic high point of the Gettysburg Battlefield and for 1863 American Civil War engagements for which Medals of Honor were awarded.
1.1 miW
Museum, Historical place, History museum
Eisenhower National Historic Site, Gettysburg
28 min walk • Eisenhower National Historic Site preserves the home and farm of Dwight D. Eisenhower, the 34th President of the United States, and its surrounding property of 690.5 acres.
0.5 miSE
Memorial
44th New York Monument, Gettysburg
12 min walk • The 44th and 12th New York Infantry Monument is a Gettysburg Battlefield memorial erected near the summit of Little Round Top to commemorate combat in the Battle of Little Round Top.
1.5 miNE
Museum, Park, Battlefield
Gettysburg National Military Park, Gettysburg
39 min walk • The Gettysburg Museum and Visitor Center is a Gettysburg National Military Park facility, with a museum about the American Civil War, the 1884 Gettysburg Cyclorama, and the tour center for licensed Battlefield Guides and for buses to see the Gettysburg Battlefield and Eisenhower National Historic Site.
1.3 miN
Forest
Spangler Woods, Gettysburg
33 min walk • Spangler Woods is a Gettysburg Battlefield location used during the Battle of Gettysburg and is near the Virginia Monument. On July 2, 1863, Garnett's Brigade bivouacked on the border of the woods.
1.3 miN
Historical place, Monuments and statues
High Water Mark of the Rebellion Monument, Gettysburg
34 min walk • The High Water Mark of the Rebellion Monument is a Gettysburg Battlefield memorial which identifies the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia units of the infantry attack on the Battle of Gettysburg, third day, with a large bronze tablet, as well as the Union Army of the...
1.3 miN
Neighbourhood
High-water mark of the Confederacy, Gettysburg
34 min walk • The high-water mark of the Confederacy or high tide of the Confederacy refers to an area on Cemetery Ridge near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, marking the farthest point reached by Confederate forces during Pickett's Charge on July 3, 1863.

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Which popular attractions are close to Rose Woods?

Nearby attractions include Devil's Den, Gettysburg (7 min walk), 44th New York Monument, Gettysburg (12 min walk), Little Round Top, Gettysburg (13 min walk), Big Round Top, Gettysburg (15 min walk).