Longstreet Tower - South View

On July 2, 1863, at 4:00 P.M., three divisions of the Confederate Army attacked the Union left flank and center. The attack began from the Confederate right flank with 7,300 men from Hood's division of Longstreet's Corps. The Confederates emerged from Warfield Ridge and crossed Bushman Farm and Big Round Top areas to attack the Union left flank at Little Round Top and the Rose Farm woods. In 1950 General Dwight Eisenhower purchased the farm above on the edge of the battlefield. Even his later responsibilities as 34th President of the United States did not dampen his enthusiasm for the "only home we ever owned." He and his wife Mamie closely supervised the farm's development and operation with the intent to "leave the place better than I found it."

Freedom Township, Pennsylvania · United States