Talk:Evergreen Cemetery (Adams County, Pennsylvania)

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Incongruity between Battle Map, accompanying Narrative and other Battle article(s)
Battle Map (image on this page) depicts a movement of Samuel Carroll's Gibraltor Brigade of the II Corps through the Cemetery and towards the Gatehouse. The adjacent text/narrative makes zero mention of II Corps as participating near the Cemetery during the evening/night fighting of July 2.

Battle of East Cemetery Hill describes a significant role played by Carroll's Brigade. Unlike the fate of Schrödinger's cat, which can be thought to be both dead and alive at the exact same moment in time, Carroll's Brigade either participated or it didn't - its participation within Evergreen Cemetery on the evening/nightfall of July 2, 1863, cannot be described both ways. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:98B:201:1D70:B58A:DBF8:EF13:DEA8 (talk) 02:47, 13 August 2019 (UTC)
 * See below. Shearonink (talk) 04:53, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

The 14th Indiana monument (II Corps) on the town side of Cemetery Hill says,

"On the evening of July 2nd 1863, a determined effort was made by Hay's and Hoke's Brigades of Early's Division of Confederate troops to carry cemetery hill by storm. The Union troops supporting the batteries occupying this ground were over whelmed and forced to retire. Wiedrick's Battery was captured and two of Rickett's guns were spiked. Carroll's Brigade then in position south west of the Cemetery was sent to the rescue. Advancing double quick time through the Cemetery and across the Baltimore Pike. The men went in with a cheer. The 14th Indiana met the enemy among the guns on this ground where a hand to hand struggle ensued resulting in driving the enemy from the hill. On this spot, Isaac Norris, the color bearer of the 14th Ind. was killed and many others fell near by. The Regiment then took position along the stone fence at the base of the hill southeast from this point. Facing the east the right and left flank being designated by stone markers, there placed, which position it held to the close of the great battle." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:98B:201:1D70:481D:6036:DE6C:3389 (talk • contribs) 03:44, 13 August 2019 (UTC)
 * I am unsure as to what you want done...add just the Carroll's Brigade information into the article? Personally I do not think that every Confederate and Union battle division/unit/brigade/etc that participated in actions in and around the Cemetery can be fitted into this article - which is about the cemetery itself, not about the various battles which took place in and around it...others' opinions may differ. Discuss this general issue about Carroll with other interested editors on this talk page and come to a consensus about what should and should not be in the article, perhaps add well-referenced information from reliable sources to the article. Good luck, Shearonink (talk) 04:53, 13 August 2019 (UTC)


 * Using Harry Pfanz and Ed Bearrs as sources, I could readily assemble an argument that the counter-attack by Carroll's Brigade was the climactic movement that ended the attack by Hays and Avery on July 2. My suggestion is not just to include all units, however peripheral or inconsequential their participation. The movement of Carroll's Brigade tells a multi-faceted story.


 * Perhaps most importantly, the inclusion of Carroll's counterattack adds the movement of infantry through the Cemetery while participating in Battle action mode. The movement of infantry through the Cemetery at double-quick speed adds an (almost) undeniable credential to the Cemetery. The Cemetery becomes an important feature of the Battlefield and Battlefield itself. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:98B:201:1D70:3058:B977:5922:5909 (talk) 22:15, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

Added a wikilink
Yes I know Battle of Gettysburg us already Wikilinked/mentioned in the lead but I thought a single repetition was warranted as a "Main article" link for the Battle section of this article. Shearonink (talk) 04:36, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

A Clear Understanding of July 2 from the "Cemetery's Eyes"
As Cemetery Ridge rises from south to north, it becomes known as Cemetery Hill somewhere near the Taneytown Road. As it continues to rise, it borders Evergreen Cemetery for a short distance, crosses the Baltimore Pike, and becomes known as East Cemetery Hill. East Cemetery Hill and Evergreen Cemetery are neighbors on opposite sides of the Baltimore Pike.

The grounds of the young Evergreen Cemetery were largely unoccupied by graves, its upper boundary coincided closely with the ridge line, and the ridge line attracted Union cannoneers and their equipment on July 1. Except for the Gatehouse at the Cemetery most of the structures on the overall field for the remainder of the battle were farming-oriented.

Confederate attacks on July 2 produced three unsustained breaches in the Union’s fishhook-shaped defensive position. Near nightfall, one of the breaches opened when possession of nine cannons from Weidrich’s and Ricketts’ Union batteries on East Cemetery Hill became disputed by the attacking soldiers of Hays’ and Avery’s Confederate brigades of Early’s Division.

The fate of this particular breach, and perhaps the entire Battle, depended upon the timely arrival of infantry reinforcements from one side or the other. Union reinforcements were available nearby on Evergreen Cemetery’s side of the Baltimore Pike, and as many as nine Union infantry regiments crossed the Pike during a helter-skelter counterattack; four of them may have embarked from the grounds of Evergreen Cemetery.