The High Water Mark of the Rebellion Monument is a Gettysburg Battlefield memorial which identifies the Confederate

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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 Potomac's "''respective troops who met or assisted to repulse Longstreet's Assault.''" The memorial is named for the line of dead and wounded of

Pickett's Charge Pickett's Charge (July 3, 1863), also known as the Pickett–Pettigrew–Trimble Charge, was an infantry assault ordered by Confederate General Robert E. Lee against Major General George G. Meade's Union positions on the last day of the ...

which marked the deepest penetration into the Union line at The Angle when "4,500 men threw down their arms and came in as prisoners". The line is now generally marked with unit monuments which are also historic district contributing structures. The High Water Mark monument is accessible via Hancock Avenue which has parking spaces alongside, and a path leads to the site from a parking lot at the former

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, which served for fifty years as a Gettysburg Battlefield

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by the

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until it was demolished in 2013.

History

The monument's designer identified the turning point of

, as "''unquestionably the "high water mark of this battle, and of the war''!" " (also available a
HathiTrust.org)
After Bachelder's monument proposal was denied by the

Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial Association The Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial Association (GBMA) was an historic preservation membership organization and is the eponym for the battlefield's memorial association era. The association was chartered by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on ...

two years in a row, it was approved in the third year. Erected by April 27, 1892, the monument was recast to add two missing units and then dedicated with a speech by then-former Governor Beaver advocating the battlefield become a National Park. The Marine Corps Band provided music, short addresses were made by Union Generals Schofield, Slocum,

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, Veazey, and others, and Samuel M. Swope presented the monument to John M. Vanderslice of the

. An 1895 tablet (MN389) was added to the memorial to identify the Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial Association directors, and the memorial was the site of an 1897 lecture by James T. Long to 7,097 excursionists at The Angle.

References

{{Battle of Gettysburg Gettysburg Battlefield monuments and memorials Confederate States of America monuments and memorials in Pennsylvania 1892 sculptures Outdoor sculptures in Pennsylvania 1892 establishments in Pennsylvania