Photo Study: Devil’s Den
Posted to the Project on 15 Nov 08
This is the first in a series of photo studies highlighting different areas of the battlefield. You can use the “Location” menu to find these until I get enough published for them to have their own menu.
Located about 900 yards west of Little Round Top and near the base of Big Round Top, Devil’s Den is a unique landmark that lies at the southern end of a forested ridge that separates the Plum Run Valley from the bloody Wheatfield. This area has been slowly transformed over the years by the National Park Service’s tree cutting project. Trees have been removed allowing better access to the Slaughter Pen and better vistas. In fact, the visitor can now even see Devil’s Den from the Emmitsburg Road. The central feature of Devil’s Den is, of course, the massive outcropping of diabase boulders.
The Devil’s Den was the scene of intense fighting on the afternoon of July 2, 1863.
Devil’s Den – The Boulders
View from Little Round Top
Little Round Top as viewed from the top of the Den
Plum Run and the Slaughter Pen
Important and Prominent Monuments in this Area
The Witness Tree
The Sharpshooter Nest
Other Views
Crawford Avenue and view from the Emmitsburg Road
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On Veterans Day, I stomped around LRT, Devil’s Den and Wheatfield rather thoroughly. One welcome change was the cleared area around Triangle Field. I managed some excellent photos from that area, looking up to Devil’s Den. Particularly from the Timbers Farm. From the trail paths just south of the Devil’s Den, the cleared area gives a good appreciation of how Benning’s Brigade maneuvered up and were somewhat split by the terrain. No ghosts, however, just some inquisitive squirrels.