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This hill was occupied by Union Forces at noon July 1, and provided
a rallying point that afternoon for Union Soldiers retreating to it
from beyond the town.
On the evening of July 2, coordinated with the attack on Culp's
Hill, 2,000 Confederate Soldiers advanced against this hill from
beyond the school building site in your front. Assailed by artillery
fire they pressed forward, struck and broke Union infantry lines at
the base of this hill, and, after desperate hand-to-hand fighting,
captured cannon here on the crest. But they received no aid and soon
Union reinforcements swept them from the hill. |
