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The Wheatfield at Gettysburg 7/2/63

Welcome to my small web site dedicated to the battle for the Rose Wheatfield at Gettysburg. This site tells the story of the Wheatfield through mostly the eyes of the Army of the Potomac, but I have also included information on the Confederate side as well. I hope you enjoy the site and visit again soon.

On the sultry afternoon of July 2, 1863, a wheatfield would become the center of a swirling and confused whirlpool of fighting and death. This wheatfield, one of many such wheatfields that was golden with ripening grain surrounding the south central Pennsylvania town of Gettysburg, would forever be known simply as The Wheatfield. Over the course of one long bloody afternoon, this wheatfield would become, like places such as Little Round Top, Devil's Den, and the Peach Orchard, firmly entrenched in the American memory as a place American killed American during the bloody battle of Gettysburg. By the end of July 2, the wheat would be trampled and the ground soaked with blood, forever hallowing the ground, surrounding woods, and the simple name of this place where Americans fought and bled and died.

This site maintained and created by Jenny Goellnitz. First published on the web May 24, 2001.

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