High Water Mark of the Rebellion Monument

High Water Mark of the Rebellion Monument
historic district contributing structure
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Adams
NPS unit	Gettysburg National Military Park
Landform	Cemetery Ridge

Location	Copse of Trees ^[1]
- coordinates

Dedicated	1892
- Ent'd-Doc'd	January 23, 2004

Historic District GNMP structure	75000155 (Gettysburg Battlefield)) MN230 (1895 tablet is MN389) ^[2]

Designer	John B. Bachelder

For the place of the turning point of the American Civil War which this marker commemorates, see High-water mark of the Confederacy.

The High Water Mark of the Rebellion Monument^[2] identifies the Confederate units of Longstreet's assault on a large bronze scroll, as well as the Union's "respective troops who met or assisted to repulse Longstreet's Assault."

References

^ "High Water Mark" (HMdb.org webpage, marker 16160). http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=16160. Retrieved 2011-02-11. "Located in front of the "Copse of Trees" on Cemetery Ridge in Gettysburg National Military Park."
^ ^a ^b Bachelder, John B (1892) (NPS.gov webpage about monument), High Water Mark of the Rebellion Monument, Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial Association, http://www.hscl.cr.nps.gov/insidenps/report.asp?STATE=&PARK=GETT&RECORDNO=461, retrieved 2011-02-11, "rear tablet added 1895 (MN389) listing directors of Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial Association. All 9'H."