"the Slaughter Pen"

"OUR PRINCIPAL LOSS WAS IN THIS PLACE"
Action at the Slaughter Pen and at the south end of Houck's Ridge Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, 2 July 1863


by Kathleen R. Georg Harrison
Gettysburg National Military Park

Article:
Section One of Article
Section Two of Article
Section Three of Article
Section Four of Article

Maps of the Armys' Positions:
Map I - 02:30 P.M.
Ward's Brigade, 3rd CORPS Skirmishers

Map II - Union Positions c. 02:30-03:30 P.M.
99th PA, 20th IND, 86th NY, 124th NY, Smith's 4th NY, 4th ME

Map III - 03:30-04:00P.M.
Winslow's D.1 NY, 17th ME, 99th PA, 20th IND, 86th NY, 124th NY, 4th ME, 4th NY 3rd ARK, 1st TEX, 4th TEX, 5th TEX, 44th ALA, 48th ALA, 4Tth ALA, 47th ALA, 15th ALA.

Map IV - c. 03:30-04:30 P.M.
99th PA, 20th IND, 86th NY, 124th NY, 4th ME, 3rd ARK, 1st TEX

Map V
99th PA, 20th IND, 86th NY, 124th NY, 4thME, 3rd ARK, 1st TEX

Map VI - c. 04:00-04:30
99th PA, 20th IND, 86th NY, 124th NY, 4th ME, 3rd ARK, 1st TEX, 15th GA, 20th GA, 17th GA, 2nd GA.

Map VII
99th PA, 20th IND, 86th NY, 124th NY, 4th ME, 3rd ARK, 1st TEX, 15th GA, 20th GA, 17th GA, 2nd GA.

Map VIII
99th PA, 20th IND, 86th NY, 124th NY, 4th ME, 3rd ARK, 1st TEX, 15th GA, 20th GA, 17th GA, 2nd GA,44th ALA, 48 ALA.

Map IX
99th PA, 86th NY, 124th NY, 4th ME, 3rd ARK, 1st TEX, 15th GA, 20th GA, 17th GA, 2nd GA, 44th ALA.

Map X
99th PA, 86th NY, 124th NY, 4th ME, 20th IND, 11th GA, 3rd ARK, 1st TEX, 15th GA, 20th GA, 17th GA, 2nd GA, 44th ALA, 48th ALA.

Pictures of the Field:
Pictures 1&2
Fountain Rock, The Spring at Devil's Den

Pictures 3&4
Slaughter Pen, Confederate Dead

Pictures 5&6
Trough Rock, Confederate Dead

Pictures 7&8
Slaughter Pen, Confederate Dead