Question of the Week: What’s your favorite Civil War hill?
What is your favorite Civil War hill? Henry House Hill, Culp’s Hill, Snodgrass Hill? Something else?
What is your favorite Civil War hill? Henry House Hill, Culp’s Hill, Snodgrass Hill? Something else?
Prospect Hill at Fredericksburg. In the winter when the trees are bare, the mosquitos are dead, and the snakes are hibernating it’s easy to get immersed and explore with maps. Many people have a skewed version of Fredericksburg that only involves Maryes Heights because of the drama and slaughter that took place on the waves of attacks against the Sunken Road. Unfortunately for history enthusiasts, the area around Maryes Heights has been built over and I have heard many people say Fredericksburg is a less impressive NPS site to visit because of the modern development around the main visitor center. But Jackson’s end of the line on Prospect Hill was meant to bear the brunt of Burnside’s attack. Anyone disappointed by the modern state of Maryes Heights will have a much better experience and see an important part of the battlefield at Prospect Hill.
I also very much appreciate this location for all the reasons you mentioned.
Culp’s Hill . This was the key tot he Union position, and a great place to discuss how the topography dictated the battle.
Little Round Top.
I have always had a partiality towards D.H. Hill, but A.P. Hill is a fascinating character as well.
Lmao, thank you, I needed that this morning XD
Cemetery Hill in Gettysburg, of course.
Cemetery Hill at Gettysburg and Snodgrass Hill/Horseshoe Ridge where Thomas saved the Union army at Chickamauga.
Fisher’s Hill.
Does Lookout Miubtain count as a “hill”? If it does, that’s mine!
Geezz. It’s supposed to say “Mountain”! MOUNTAIN…
I’ll say Champion Hill, which I’ve been to or at least the important crossroad/t-intersection just south of the hill as the hill is fully on private property, I believe. Cemetery Hill and Culp’s Hill would be my favorites at Gettysburg.
The Open Knob at Perryville. Taking the trail up at a run like Cheatham’s men and seeing those cannons looming from the top …
Orchard Knob, Chattanooga, where a surprised Grant watched the Army of the Cumberland break Bragg’s defensive line on Missionary Ridge
The hill at Mechanicsville above Beaver Dam Creek where a half dozen of my ancestors in the Pennsylvania Reserves helped hold the pass through which the Old Church Road ran, on June 26, 1862. They threw back repeated charges by men from Alabama, Georgia and Tennessee under Brigadier General James J. Archer, wounding four of his five regimental commanders. One of my ancestors took a rifle ball that entered his arm just above the right wrist, traveled between the radius and ulna bones without shattering them or cutting an artery, and exited below the elbow. The wound was painful but he kept his arm, and returned to action at Second Manassas. However, it bothered him so much that in May 1863 he was given a surgeon’s discharge, and returned home to help his parents care for his fifteen brothers and sisters. He married, created a family, and lived to 1910.
Hill 2, Horseshoe Ridge, Chickamauga
Pritchard’s Hill at Kernstown. Amazing effort to preserve this battlefield with all the development around that part of the state.
Little Round Top
Fort Hill, Vicksburg.
Grand views from this vista.
Daniel Harvey