MAJOR GENERAL KEMBLE WARREN WAR MEMORIAL
LED TO THIS SPOT BY HIS MILITARY SAGACITY ON JULY 2, 1863 GENERAL GOUVERNEUR KEMBLE WARREN THEN CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC DETECTED GENERAL HOOD'S FLANKING MOVEMENT AND BY PROMPTLY ASSUMING THE RESPONSIBILITY OF ORDERING TROOPS TO THIS PLACE SAVED THE KEY OF THE UNION POSITION.
GENERAL WARREN IS SAID TO HAVE STOOD ON THE BOULDER THAT IS USED AS THE BASE OF HIS MEMORIAL ON JULY 2 TO OBSERVE THE SURROUNDING BATTLE LINES.
Location
Address:
GETTYSBURG NATIONAL MILITARY PARK-SYKES AVENUE
City:
GETTYSBURG
State:
Pennsylvania
Zip Code:
17325
Details
Memorial Type:
Statues of High Ranking Military Officers
Access:
Public
Wars Commemorated:
CIVIL WAR
Year Dedicated:
1888
Photograph By:
CRAIG SWAIN
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