Confederate Line (July 2 & 3)

On July 2, 1863, Confederate General James Longstreet placed troops along Warfield Ridge. United States troops occupied Devil's Den, the Peach Orchard, and the Wheatfield, while the left flank of the US position at Little Round Top was undefended. At 4 pm, Longstreet began his assaults on these US positions from Warfield Ridge.

Devil's Den illustrates how the geology and topography of the land itself profoundly influenced the battle. Devil's Den is a rock outcrop located between the main Federal and Confederate lines during the Battle of Gettysburg. The boulders here were hotly contested on July 2, 1863, when fighting swirled around this spot.

After the Battle of Gettysburg, farmer Joseph Sherfy's peach orchard would forever be associated with the intense fighting that took place there on July 2, 1863. On that day, US General Dan Sickles advanced his troops beyond the Federal line on Cemetery Ridge and occupied the Peach Orchard. A Confederate assault pushed Sickles’ 3rd Corps soldiers into a retreat at around 6:30 pm that evening.

The South End Guide Station has restrooms available year round. The South End Guide Station is located on the east side of the Emmitsburg Road, south of West Confederate Avenue.

On July 2, 1863, charge and countercharge left the Wheatfield and the nearby woods strewn with over 4,000 dead and wounded.

The North Carolina Monument is located on West Confederate Avenue, along Seminary Ridge. This monument, dedicated on June 3, 1929, depicts four North Carolina infantrymen participating in Pickett's Charge.

In the afternoon of July 2, 1863 Confederate General James Longstreet placed his troops along Warfield Ridge and anchored the left of his line in these woods, owned by a man named Samuel Pitzer.

The Virginia Memorial was dedicated in 1917 and is the largest of all the Confederate monuments on the Gettysburg Battlefield. The large open field to the east of the Virginia Memorial is where the last Confederate assault of the battle, known as “Pickett’s Charge,” occurred July 3.