Stevens Knoll-Gettysburg,PA

Stevens' Knoll is a small hill that lies between Cemetery Hill and Culp's Hill southeast of Gettysburg (39.8192°, 77.2247). Until the Battle of Gettysburg it w...
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Stevens' Knoll is a small hill that lies between Cemetery Hill and Culp's Hill southeast of Gettysburg (39.8192°, 77.2247). Until the Battle of Gettysburg it was known as McKnight's Hill, but ever since has been named after Captain Greenlief T. Stevens, whose 5th Maine Battery occupied the knoll after its retreat from Seminary Hill on July 1st. During the Confederate attack on East Cemetery Hill on the evening of July 2nd Stevens' Battery "poured a terrible fire of double canister" into the left flank of Hays' and Hoke's Brigades, according to acting 1st Corps commander General Abner Doubleday.

Equestrian statue to Major General Henry Slocum in background.
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