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16-682: Bloody Angle may refer to: The Bloody Angle (Gettysburg) , in the American Civil War, an area of the Gettysburg, PA battlefield (1863) The Bloody Angle (Spotsylvania) , an American Civil War engagement at the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House (1864) The Bloody Angle (battle) , a skirmish during the British retreat from the Battles of Lexington and Concord of

32-524: A "drunken passenger" pulled the brake cable. The last trolley car ran in November 1916 when the railway had become obsolete both with disrepair and with increased tourists' use of automobiles on Army-improved battlefield avenues. After 1917 Army appropriations , the tracks were removed by summer crews under foreman Hugh McIlhenny; and plans for trolley extensions from Gettysburg were never completed to several cities: The trolley barn ("track car house") at

48-559: A car struck a mounted Camp Gobin lieutenant. Three days later the "Slocum" and 1909 closed "Sedgwick " cars collided (1 fatality) near Devil's Den where there was a siding. A heated winter car with a closed vestibule was acquired in December 1910. During the July 1913 Gettysburg reunion , 2 trolley cars collided near Devil's Den , and in September a trolley in the borough was rear-ended when

64-399: A moterman struck his head against "an electric pole that was close to the track", and the " Slocum " trolley car jumped the tracks on April 27. A 1904 trolley struck Joseph Keagy, and during both 1904 and the 1908 Camp Hays , lightning storms disabled trolley operations (a Major was struck getting on a car). In 1909 the " Reynolds " car collided with an automobile, and on August 12, 1910,

80-459: Is a Gettysburg Battlefield area which includes the 1863 Copse of Trees used as the target landmark for Pickett's Charge , the 1892 monument that marks the high-water mark of the Confederacy , a rock wall, and several other Battle of Gettysburg monuments. The area is where approximately 1,500 Confederate Virginians broke through the July 3, 1863, Union line on Cemetery Ridge , and in 1922,

96-564: The Marine Expeditionary Force of Camp Harding used The Angle in their reenactment of Pickett's Charge. The proper noun "Bloody Angle" became common during the battlefield's commemorative era after being used as early as 1893. A copy of the Gettysburg Cyclorama was displayed in an 1894 tent at The Angle, and during reunions in 1887, 1913 (50th battle anniversary) , and 1938 (75th) ; battle veterans shook hands over

112-519: The American Revolution (1775) "The Bloody Angle", a section of Doyers Street (Manhattan) in New York City's Chinatown See also [ edit ] Angle (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change

128-608: The SE corner of Washington St and the steamtrain tracks was taken over by the Surefoot Heel and Rubber Co. in 1920. A pedestrian bridge was later constructed across Rose Run on the trolley rail trail between Brooke and De Trobriand avenues. Remnants of the trolley system were registered as historic district contributing structures of the Gettysburg Battlefield Historic District on January 23, 2004; and sections of

144-583: The east wall that extends northward, the original route planned for the 1893 Gettysburg Electric Railway was along the west wall of The Angle that extends southward, and although the trolley line was moved along the Emmitsburg Road, the Gettysburg National Military Park did not acquire the trolley land at The Angle until congressional funding was appropriated in 1917. Gettysburg Electric Railway The Gettysburg Electric Railway

160-590: The electric power company was chartered on June 15. Tracks were planned along The Angle 's stone wall, but instead the trolley used 8,400 ft (2,600 m) of the Emmitsburg Road on which trolleys crossed the Round Top Branch (the trolley was denied right-of-way on the steam train line in both 1893 and 1913.) Beginning April 1, 1894, the trolley was extended from Wible's Woods through Tipton Station to Round Top Station (the line had 7 stops). A new trolley powerhouse of Hummelstown brownstone replaced

176-434: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bloody_Angle&oldid=1124873439 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages The Bloody Angle (Gettysburg) The Angle ( Bloody Angle colloq. )

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192-543: The original which had burned down by January 22, 1895; and by October 1895 total trackage was 8.5 miles (13.7 km). The 1896 Supreme Court ruled in US v. Gett. Elec. Ry. Co. that the use of eminent domain for historic preservation "seems" to be "a public use". In 1900, the trolley overhead power line broke at Wible's Woods, and a car derailed in 1901 (trolley machinery was improved in 1902 before Camp Lawton ). Events in 1903 included an attempted derailment by sabotage,

208-476: The rock wall at The Angle. The nearby field along the Emmitsburg Road was also the site of Gettysburg Battlefield camps after the American Civil War such as Eisenhower's 1918 Camp Colt , the 1938 Army Camp with the Secretary of War's quarters, and a World War II POW stockade . The Angle is one of the few places named after the battle that is not named for a person ( cf. The Loop ). As with Hancock Avenue along

224-521: Was a borough trolley that provided summer access to Gettysburg Battlefield visitor attractions such as military engagement areas, monuments, postbellum camps , and recreation areas (e.g., Wheat-field Park and the Pfeffer baseball diamond ). Despite the 1896 Supreme Court ruling under the Takings Clause against the railway, battlefield operations continued until 1916. The trolley generating plant

240-555: Was chartered August 4, 1891, and incorporated July 28, 1892. In January 1893 the borough of Gettysburg granted trolley right-of-way for all principal streets, and the $ 150,000 bond was for street operations planned for July 1, 1893. The railway eventually secured rights-of-way for a route west and north of the borough to the area of the Battle of Gettysburg, First Day ; but which were never built. Railbed construction began in April 1893, and

256-1018: Was leased by the Electric Light, Heat, and Power Company of Gettysburg to supply streetlights and homes until electricity was imported from Hanover. The 94-passenger, 14-bench " Brill double- truck summer cars " used the main line of 5.7 mi (9.2 km) on 10-minute intervals and were powered by a 150 ft × 100 ft (46 m × 30 m) electric plant with 150 hp (110 kW) Corliss steam engine (s) driving 500 volt Westinghouse railway generator(s). Employees included superintendent Hal J. Gintling, managers Thomas P. Turner & Harry Cunningham; crewmen Charles W Culp Jr, Mr. Grinder, William Shields, George Hughes, Norman Murray, Reuben Rupp, Walter Plank, Harry Robinson; conductors John Thomas, William G. Weaver, & Edward Weikert; and motormen Warfield Collins, Mr. Emmons, Gervus W. Myers, Arthur "Ott" Shields, & S. A. Troxell. The Gettysburg Electric Railway Company

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