The Wheatfield

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The Wheatfield is a fiercely contested area of the Gettysburg battlefield where some of the Civil War’s bloodiest and most chaotic fighting took place.

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The Wheatfield canonical 3
Wheatfield 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American Civil War site
battlefield area
adjacentTo Devil's Den
Little Round Top
Peach Orchard
Rose Woods
approximateArea about 20 acres
associatedWithEvent Battle of Gettysburg
battleDay second day of the Battle of Gettysburg
confederateCommandersInvolved James Longstreet
John Bell Hood
Lafayette McLaws
Robert E. Lee
currentUse historic battlefield site
tourist attraction
dateOfEvent July 2, 1863
hasMonument Excelsior Brigade Monument
Irish Brigade Monument
various regimental monuments
locatedIn Adams County, Pennsylvania
Gettysburg National Military Park
United States
managedBy U.S. National Park Service
memorializedIn Civil War histories
Gettysburg battlefield tours
notableFor chaotic close‑quarters combat
fiercely contested fighting
heavy casualties
partOf Gettysburg Battlefield
sideInvolved Confederate Army
Union Army
significance one of the bloodiest sectors of the Battle of Gettysburg
symbol of the high human cost of the American Civil War
terrainFeature open farm field
surrounded by woods and rocky ground
unionCommandersInvolved Daniel Sickles
George G. Meade
Winfield Scott Hancock
unitInvolved Excelsior Brigade
Irish Brigade
Texas Brigade
war American Civil War

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Fighting at Devil’s Den relatedPlace The Wheatfield
subject linked to: fighting at Devil’s Den
Valley of Death adjacentTo The Wheatfield
Plum Run flowsNear The Wheatfield
III Corps (Union Army) engagedLocation Wheatfield
subject linked to: III Corps
linked to: The Wheatfield