Triangular Field
Gettysburg, PA
The Triangular Field at Gettysburg is a field that is situated on the eastern third of the southern side of Rose's Woods and is behind Devils Den. On the second day of fighting, Longstreets men came pouring over these fields toward the men of Hobart Ward's Second Brigade of Birneys Division, and Captain James Smith's 4th Battery, New York Light Artillery. The following comes from Harry Pfanz's Gettysburg: The Second Day.
"The triangular open plot abutted the eastern third of the south boundary of Rose's Woods. It was an equillateral triangle of about three acres in area bounded by some stone walls five hundred feet on a side.. The walls faced the north toward Rose's Woods, and to the southwest and the southeast....The triangular plot was a curious place. It enclosed a slope that was essentially bare of trees at the time of the battle, but it was too rocky to be cultivated or to have been a good pasture. Yet some farmer had taken great trouble to erect the walls that formed it. We can only speculate over its intended use; perhaps it was a pen for cattle or hogs.
These two features [the woods and the field] figured prominently in the battle on this part of the field....The walls of the triangle had defensive potential, for the force that held a wall controlled the ground beyond it. The southwest wall provided shelter for the Confederates forming for attacks on the Union line at the crest above it. The north wall gave the Confederates an advantage in their control of the south portion of Rose's Woods. Thus, these two walls were prizes to be safeguarded or sought, and as General Ward wrote of the southwest wall, 'for the space of one and a half hours did we advance and retire, both parties endeavoring to gain possession of the stone wall.'"
It was an important feature to the field as can be seen. It was heavily contested, and eventually, after a great deal of combat, was taken by the Confederates.
"The triangular open plot abutted the eastern third of the south boundary of Rose's Woods. It was an equillateral triangle of about three acres in area bounded by some stone walls five hundred feet on a side.. The walls faced the north toward Rose's Woods, and to the southwest and the southeast....The triangular plot was a curious place. It enclosed a slope that was essentially bare of trees at the time of the battle, but it was too rocky to be cultivated or to have been a good pasture. Yet some farmer had taken great trouble to erect the walls that formed it. We can only speculate over its intended use; perhaps it was a pen for cattle or hogs.
These two features [the woods and the field] figured prominently in the battle on this part of the field....The walls of the triangle had defensive potential, for the force that held a wall controlled the ground beyond it. The southwest wall provided shelter for the Confederates forming for attacks on the Union line at the crest above it. The north wall gave the Confederates an advantage in their control of the south portion of Rose's Woods. Thus, these two walls were prizes to be safeguarded or sought, and as General Ward wrote of the southwest wall, 'for the space of one and a half hours did we advance and retire, both parties endeavoring to gain possession of the stone wall.'"
It was an important feature to the field as can be seen. It was heavily contested, and eventually, after a great deal of combat, was taken by the Confederates.
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Triangular Field is another area where electrical equipment and cameras often stop working. Photo anomalies are also reported here. When taking photos in Triangular Field, things appear on the developed picture that were not witnessed by the eye of the photographer while taking the picture.