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Howard Avenue is named after Major General Oliver O. Howard, commander of the Union 11th Corps and, for much of the day on July 1 after the death of General Reynolds, senior Union officer on the field at Gettysburg. The Avenue is just north of Gettysburg, roughly following the line of two divisions of the Union 11th Corps on July 1st, 1863, and the scene of desperate fighting as they were overwhelmed and driven back through town by the Confederate 2nd Corps. Several of the units honored here have a second monument south of town on Cemetery Hill where they reformed and continued the fight on July 2nd and 3rd.
Howard Avenue is part of the National Park Auto Tour.
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Union headquarters
11th Corps, 1st Division
11th Corps, 1st Division, 2nd Brigade
11th Corps, 3rd Division, 2nd Brigade
Gordon’s Brigade, Early’s Division, 2nd Corps
monument to an individual
Francis Barlow
Union regimental and battery monuments
17th Connecticut
54th New York
58th New York
119th New York
157th New York
25th & 75th Ohio
82nd Ohio
107th Ohio
75th Pennsylvania
153rd Pennsylvania
26th Wisconsin
4th United States Artillery Battery G