Gettysburg Battlefield camps after the American Civil War

Gettysburg Battlefield camps after the American Civil War were used by the Pennsylvania National Guard

Pennsylvania National Guard

The Pennsylvania National Guard is composed of the Pennsylvania Army National Guard and the Pennsylvania Air National Guard. It is one of the largest National Guards in the nation. It has the largest Army National Guard of all the states and the fourth largest Air National Guard. These forces are...

, Civil War veterans, the United States Marine Corps

United States Marine Corps

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, the Civilian Conservation Corps

Civilian Conservation Corps

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, the United States Army

United States Army

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, and the Youth Conservation Corps

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Chronology
Date	Event
	The 50th Pennsylvania Infantry encamped on Culp's Hill Culp's Hill Culps Hill is a Battle of Gettysburg landform south of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, with a heavily wooded summit of . The east slope is to Rock Creek , 160 feet lower in elevation, and the west slope is to a saddle with Stevens Knoll with a summit lower than the Culps Hill summit... for the Soldiers' National Monument cornerstone ceremony (Capt. Hull's camp on Stevens Knoll Stevens Knoll Stevens Knoll is a hill named for Captain Greenleaf T. Stevens and adjacent to Culp's Hill on the Gettysburg Battlefield that was a Battle of Gettysburg emplacement of Union artillery.... was the location of the commissary.)
1869	Attorney David McConaughy David McConaughy David McConaughy was a noted attorney, cemetery president, and civic leader in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, as well as a part-time intelligence officer for the Union Army during the American Civil War. He was a driving force behind the creation of the Gettysburg National Cemetery following the Battle... organized the first veteran's reunion at Gettysburg.
1878	The first Grand Army of the Republic Grand Army of the Republic The Grand Army of the Republic was a fraternal organization composed of veterans of the Union Army, US Navy, US Marines and US Revenue Cutter Service who served in the American Civil War. Founded in 1866 in Decatur, Illinois, it was dissolved in 1956 when its last member died... (G. A. R.) encampment at the battlefield included "hayrides, sack races, band concerts, balloon ascensions, picnics, and dances as well as less-reserved activities."
1882	The G. A. R. encampment was on E Cemetery Hill Cemetery Hill Cemetery Hill is a Gettysburg Battlefield landform which had 1863 military engagements each day of the July 1–3 Battle of Gettysburg. The northernmost part of the Army of the Potomac defensive "fish-hook" line, the hill is gently sloped and provided a site for American Civil War artillery... after the officers' reunion hosted by John B. Bachelder John B. Bachelder John Badger Bachelder was a portrait and landscape painter, lithographer, and photographer, but best known as the preeminent 19th century historian of the Battle of Gettysburg in the American Civil War... for surveying the grounds of the Peach Orchard Peach Orchard The Peach Orchard is a Gettysburg Battlefield site at the southeast corner of the north-south Emmitsburg Road intersection with the Wheatfield Road... -to-Round Top military engagements.
1883	Camp Geary was the G. A. R. encampment.http://www.google.com/search?q=1883+seventy-second+monument&tbs=nws:1,ar:1&source=newspapers#sclient=psy&hl=en&tbs=cdr:1%2Ccd_max%3A1884&tbm=nws&source=hp&q=encampment+gettysburg+1883&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&fp=386aca5604575f6b
1884-08-02	Camp Gettysburghttp://news.google.com/newspapers?id=B1QmAAAAIBAJ&sjid=JgAGAAAAIBAJ&pg=1460,1160966&dq=adams-county-fair+gettysburg&hl=en was the Pennsylvania National Guard Pennsylvania National Guard The Pennsylvania National Guard is composed of the Pennsylvania Army National Guard and the Pennsylvania Air National Guard. It is one of the largest National Guards in the nation. It has the largest Army National Guard of all the states and the fourth largest Air National Guard. These forces are... encampment that extending from Seminary Ridge Seminary Ridge Seminary Ridge is a dendritic ridge which was an area of Battle of Gettysburg engagements during the American Civil War and of military installations during World War II.-Geography:... . The new Round Top Branch Round Top Branch The Round Top Branch was an extension of the Gettysburg and Harrisburg Railroad from the Gettysburg borough across the Gettysburg Battlefield to Round Top, Pennsylvania... was used to outfit the camp (e.g., lumber for tent floors was shipped from New Oxford New Oxford, Pennsylvania New Oxford is a borough in Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,783 at the 2010 census. Within New Oxford there are several large manufacturing plants... on July 22.) The new reservoir at Marsh Creek Sachs Covered Bridge The Sachs Covered Bridge , also known as Sauck's Covered Bridge and Waterworks Covered Bridge, is a , Town truss covered bridge over Marsh Creek between Cumberland and Freedom Townships, Adams County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The bridge was also known as the Sauches Covered Bridge at the... supplied the camp's water,http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=8VMmAAAAIBAJ&sjid=JgAGAAAAIBAJ&pg=1665,238888&dq=round-top-branch&hl=en and military drills included rifle matches at 200, 300, and 500 yards.
1886	Camp Hancock was the site of the G. A. R. reunion http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=FA0C1FFE3B5410738DDDA10894DF405B8684F0D3 on East Cemetery Hill (the Third US Artillery camped at The Wheatfield).http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=a1QmAAAAIBAJ&sjid=JgAGAAAAIBAJ&pg=3009,5200551&dq=round-top-park&hl=en
1887	The G. A. R. encampment on East Cemetery Hill Cemetery Hill Cemetery Hill is a Gettysburg Battlefield landform which had 1863 military engagements each day of the July 1–3 Battle of Gettysburg. The northernmost part of the Army of the Potomac defensive "fish-hook" line, the hill is gently sloped and provided a site for American Civil War artillery... was lit by "a 25-light dynamo … in the Battle Mill."
1888-07	For the 25th battle anniversary "Grand Reunion of the Blue and the Gray", Pennsylvania Civil War veterans encamped on East Cemetery Hill,http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F70B11FC355C10738DDDAA0894DF405B8884F0D3 and the NJ National Guard was in The Wheatfield.http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F20E14F93F5E15738DDDA80894DF405B8884F0D3
1889-09-07	Camp Samuel Harperhttp://news.google.com/newspapers?id=M_8yAAAAIBAJ&sjid=eQAGAAAAIBAJ&pg=3710%2C3716721 was the "encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic and the Veteran Association" from East Cemetery Hill to Slocum Av.
1893-07-15	The G. A. R. encampment of 700-1000 tents was planned on East Cemetery Hill Cemetery Hill Cemetery Hill is a Gettysburg Battlefield landform which had 1863 military engagements each day of the July 1–3 Battle of Gettysburg. The northernmost part of the Army of the Potomac defensive "fish-hook" line, the hill is gently sloped and provided a site for American Civil War artillery... after the New York memorial dedication on July 2.
1894-08-11	Camp Crawford Camp Samuel W. Crawford Samuel W. Crawford Samuel Wylie Crawford was a United States Army surgeon and a Union general in the American Civil War.-Early life:... was the 28th Infantry (Keystone) "Division Encampment at Gettysburg" held through August 18.http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-FRAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=g_8FAAAAIBAJ&dq=calvin-gilbert&pg=3584%2C2996123
1896-05-15	Federal law (29 Stat. 120) approved use of national parks for military camps after the Gettysburg National Military Park had been designated in 1895.
1898-09-28	Camp Snyder on the west of Seminary Ridge Seminary Ridge Seminary Ridge is a dendritic ridge which was an area of Battle of Gettysburg engagements during the American Civil War and of military installations during World War II.-Geography:... and south of the Fairfield Road was the 2nd WV Regiment 2nd West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment The 2nd West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Mustering:... encampment for the dedication of 4 West Virginia monuments. The WV baseball team defeated the Pennsylvania College Gettysburg College Gettysburg College is a private four-year liberal arts college founded in 1832, in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States, adjacent to the famous battlefield. Its athletic teams are nicknamed the Bullets. Gettysburg College has about 2,700 students, with roughly equal numbers of men and women... team 9-8, before continuing to New Oxford for a bivouac at Camp Pfeifferhttp://news.google.com/newspapers?id=uMk9AAAAIBAJ&sjid=JjcMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5682,5240301&dq=devil's-den+snake+gettysburg&hl=en and to York.http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9-wMAAAAIBAJ&sjid=YmcDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4413,528082&dq=gettysburg+fair-grounds&hl=en
1900	Round Top Park Round Top, Pennsylvania Round Top, Pennsylvania, is a populated place near Little Round Top that is notable for 2 Battle of Gettysburg field hospitals, the 1884 Round Top Station, and several battlefield commemorative era attractions for tourists... was used for the Tacony Rifle's encampment.
1901-07-01	Through July 31, the US cavalry and artillery camp commanded by General Witherspoon was on 320 acre (1.3 km²) east of Rock Creek and south of the York/Hunterstown Rd intersection.
1902-07-02	Camp Lawton Henry Ware Lawton Henry Ware Lawton was a highly respected U.S. Army officer who served with distinction in the Civil War, the Apache Wars, the Spanish-American War and was the only U.S. general officer to be killed during the Philippine-American War... headquarters were at the The Angle The Angle The Angle 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, and several other Battle of Gettysburg monuments... with the National Guard commissary building along the Round Top Branch Round Top Branch The Round Top Branch was an extension of the Gettysburg and Harrisburg Railroad from the Gettysburg borough across the Gettysburg Battlefield to Round Top, Pennsylvania... , the telegraph and telephone office was at the "junction of the steam and electric road Gettysburg Electric Railway The Gettysburg Electric Railway was a borough trolley that provided summer access to Gettysburg Battlefield visitor attractions such as military engagement areas, monuments, postbellum camps, and recreation areas... s near the Codori buildings", the Governor's Troop was between the Hagerstown road and Chambersburg pike, and U.S. Army troops camped near the Reynolds equestrian statue.
1904-07-21	Camp Quay Camp Quay Matthew Quay Matthew Stanley Quay was an immensely powerful Pennsylvania political boss; "kingmaker" . "Boss" Quay's political principles and actions stood in contrast to an unusually attractive personality... setup began along the Emmitsburg Rd, with a PA National Guard unit beginning at the Sherfy farm, with the Third Brigade from the trolley wye Gettysburg Electric Railway The Gettysburg Electric Railway was a borough trolley that provided summer access to Gettysburg Battlefield visitor attractions such as military engagement areas, monuments, postbellum camps, and recreation areas... into Tawney Field on Washington St (edge of town), and with the cavalry & artillery along the Chambersburg pike (drill grounds east of Reynolds Av). The summer camp ended on July 30,http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gSNXAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mEMNAAAAIBAJ&pg=1174,2119832&dq=camp-quay&hl=en and the camp's water was pumped from the Gettysburg Water Works.
1906-07-16	Camp Henderson of the PA National Guard http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=D0pAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=dP8FAAAAIBAJ&pg=6752,5158372&dq=1906+national-guard+july+gettysburg&hl=en used 95 acre (0.3844517 km²) in McMillan Woods McMillan Woods McMillan Woods was used during the Battle of Gettysburg and for Gettysburg Battlefield camps after the American Civil War, including the WWII POW camp at Gettysburg... and the Trostle, Klingel, Sherfy, McPherson, and Codori farms http://www.gdg.org/Research/Authored%20Items/BCRReports/1906.html for the encampment through July 16.http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=OQsbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=zUgEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2496,1687234&dq=1906+national-guard+gettysburg&hl=en Maneuvers were conducted from Zeigler's Grove Zeigler's Grove Zeigler's Grove is a Gettysburg Battlefield location that was the location of a wooden observation tower until the late 1890s and a Cope Truss tower until the 1960s; as well as both the demolished Electric Map building and the now closed Richard Neutra's Cyclorama Building that each served as the... to Devil's Den Devil's Den Devils Den is a boulder-strewn Gettysburg Battlefield hill used by artillery and infantry during the 1863 Battle of Gettysburg, Second Day... .http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=H4ctAAAAIBAJ&sjid=XJwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6403,4561883&dq=camp-henderson+gettysburg&hl=en (Camp Roosevelt followed at Mount Gretna Mount Gretna, Pennsylvania Mount Gretna is a borough in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the Lebanon, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 242 at the 2000 census... .)http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=H4ctAAAAIBAJ&sjid=XJwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6403,4561883&dq=camp-henderson+gettysburg&hl=en
1908-07-23	Camp Alexander Hays, Jr, including Pennsylvania Governor Stuart's Edwin Sydney Stuart Edwin Sydney Stuart was a Republican American politician who served as the Mayor of Philadelphia from 1891 to 1895 and as the 24th Governor of Pennsylvania from 1907 to 1911.... tent, was struck by lightning, and the camp was flooded by the storm (3 killed, 40 injured of the 10,000 soldiers from July 16–25).http://books.google.com/books?id=w1Gx0zhpGcwC&pg=PA122 http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=SrAlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=IvwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3317,1780507&dq=triumphal-arch+gettysburg&hl=en http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F30B14FC395A17738DDDAD0A94DF405B888CF1D3
1909-05-30	The camp for the dedication of the US Regulars monument opened at The Angle The Angle The Angle 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, and several other Battle of Gettysburg monuments... http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=KR1UAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CToNAAAAIBAJ&pg=5906,5044335&dq=1909+regulars+gettysburg&hl=en for a squadron of the Fifteenth cavalry, battalion of the Third field artillery, Fifth infantry regiment, 13 companies and band of Coast artillery.http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=1HwyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Oq8FAAAAIBAJ&pg=1327,4546111&dq=1909+regulars+gettysburg&hl=en]
1910-06-28	Troops arrived for the Camp of Instructionhttp://books.google.com/books?id=DwpQAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA459 (United States maneuver camp), which had in addition to students, 10,832 regulars and militiamen.http://books.google.com/books?id=DwpQAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA201
1910-08-17	Camp John P. S. Gobin John P. S. Gobin John Peter Shindel Gobin was an officer in the Union Army during the Civil War, and the Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania from 1899 to 1903.-Biography:... of the PA National Guard used a maneuver area south of Big Round Top Big Round Top Big Round Top is a boulder-strewn hill notable as the topographic high point of the Gettysburg Battlefield and for 1863 American Civil War engagements for which Medals of Honor were awarded... extending to Harper's Hill.http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=U1omAAAAIBAJ&sjid=yP8FAAAAIBAJ&pg=6527,2148227&dq=hornets-nest+gettysburg&hl=en
1911-08-10	Engineers prepared the site for the August 11–22 encampment.
1912	Camp Stuart Camp Edwin S. Stuart Edwin Sydney Stuart Edwin Sydney Stuart was a Republican American politician who served as the Mayor of Philadelphia from 1891 to 1895 and as the 24th Governor of Pennsylvania from 1907 to 1911.... of 7000 http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=fEkmAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Lf8FAAAAIBAJ&pg=1981,4762369&dq=faber's+cigar+gettysburg&hl=en was the PA National Guard encampment just south of the Peach Orchard Peach Orchard The Peach Orchard is a Gettysburg Battlefield site at the southeast corner of the north-south Emmitsburg Road intersection with the Wheatfield Road... ,http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=v8YhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=yJ0FAAAAIBAJ&pg=6136,2749643&dq=gettysburg+mccalley+1912&hl=en http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Ub1cAAAAIBAJ&sjid=tlgNAAAAIBAJ&pg=1638,431748&dq=sons-of-veterans+gettysburg&hl=en and Pennsylvania's only licensed pilot demonstrated a Curtiss Biplane.http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=v6NcAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZVgNAAAAIBAJ&pg=6511,907682&dq=gettysburg+camp-stuart&hl=en http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=M0UbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=G0kEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1260,6349290&dq=gettysburg+arsenal&hl=en The airfield was near W Confederate Av http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wqNcAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZVgNAAAAIBAJ&pg=6430,980608&dq=gettysburg+mccalley+1912&hl=en and a "fully-equipped field hospital" was 1st used during this encampment.
1913-02-01	Water wells were being drilled on the Gettysburg Battlefield Gettysburg Battlefield The Gettysburg Battlefield is the area of the July 1–3, 1863, military engagements of the Battle of Gettysburg within and around the borough of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Locations of military engagements extend from the 4 acre site of the first shot & at on the west of the borough, to East... for the July 1913 Gettysburg reunion.
1913-06-22	Camp General O. O. Howard for the 9th annual convention of Sons of Veterans Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War is an American fraternal organization, the legal successor to the Grand Army of the Republic . Founded in late 1881, it was originally one of several competing organizations of descendants of Union veterans... Reserves opened on the northeast edge of Gettysburg.
1913-06-25	The annual encampment for the PA Grand Army of the Republic opened and lasted until June 28 (on June 29, 21,000 veterans—instead of the 6,000 expected on the 1st day—arrived at the 1913 reunion.)
1913-07-02	Six attendees at the 1913 Gettysburg reunion had died since June 29.
1913-07-07	Following a May 10 Army address Leonard Wood Leonard Wood was a physician who served as the Chief of Staff of the United States Army, Military Governor of Cuba and Governor General of the Philippines. Early in his military career, he received the Medal of Honor. Wood also holds officer service #2 in the Regular Army... to college/university presidents, the War Department's Camp of Instruction began at the Newspaper Row ("Meadeboro") facility of the reunion. Captain Robert O. Van Horn had organized the camp that continued through August 15. In addition to 250 college students, military units included 1 artillery battery, 1 cavalry troop, 1 engineer company, and 4 infantry companies.http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DqVcAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZlgNAAAAIBAJ&pg=7049,2164405&dq=hackmen+gettysburg&hl=en
1915	The United States arsenal was located along the Taneytown Rd http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-qVcAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bFgNAAAAIBAJ&pg=6476,6304000&dq=taneytown-road+pennsylvania&hl=en (by October 1914, the PA National Guard arsenal/commissary along the Round Top Branch Round Top Branch The Round Top Branch was an extension of the Gettysburg and Harrisburg Railroad from the Gettysburg borough across the Gettysburg Battlefield to Round Top, Pennsylvania... had been razed.)
1917-05-22	Camp, US Troops The War Department notified the Gettysburg National Military Park Gettysburg National Military Park The Gettysburg National Military Park is an administrative unit of the National Park Service's northeast region and a subunit of federal properties of Adams County, Pennsylvania, with the same name, including the Gettysburg National Cemetery... Commission a camp for "recruiting stations" would be established. "Camp, United States Troops, Gettysburg, PA" was 99 acre (0.40063914 km²) on 3 farms and a "three-cornered field" west of the Emmitsburg Rd at its intersection with the Round Top Branch Round Top Branch The Round Top Branch was an extension of the Gettysburg and Harrisburg Railroad from the Gettysburg borough across the Gettysburg Battlefield to Round Top, Pennsylvania... (1st used were the Codori farm and "a tract along the Round Top branch of the Gettysburg and Harrisburg Railroad Gettysburg and Harrisburg Railroad The Gettysburg and Harrisburg Railroad was a railway line of Pennsylvania from Hunter's Run southward to Gettysburg in the 19th century. The north junction was with the South Mountain RR, and a crossing with the Hanover Junction, Hanover and Gettysburg Railroad's westward extension was at Gettysburg... ").
1917-06-02	The Fourth United States Regulars arrived at the "Gettysburg Camp"http://www.google.com/search?q=%22Gettysburg+Camp%22+1917&tbs=nws:1,ar:1&source=newspapers which included a post office.
1917-11-26	A small detachment was the remaining unit at the recruit training Recruit training Recruit training, more commonly known as Basic Training and colloquially called Boot Camp, is the initial indoctrination and instruction given to new military personnel, enlisted and officer... camp, which had closed by December 16. (Sgt Brannigan who arrived with the "Fourth Infantry" in 1917 remained until 1919). The facility included buildings, water system, and drill & parade grounds.http://www.gdg.org/Research/Authored%20Items/BCRReports/1919.html
1918-03-06	Camp Colt A United States Tank Corps United States Tank Corps The Tank Corps of the American Expeditionary Force was the mechanized unit that conducted American tank combat in World War I. An initial plan for 2,000 light Renault FT-17 tanks and 200 heavy British Mark VI tanks was changed to 20 battalions of 77 light tanks each and 10 battalions of 45 heavy... center was established at the "Camp, U.S. Troops, Gettysburg, PA" for "preliminary training to fit [tank soldiers] as rapidly as possible to go overseas for … courses at the American training centers in England and France."
1918-03-24	Camp Colt Camp Colt, Pennsylvania Camp Colt was a military installation near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania used for Tank Corps recruit training prior to deployment in World War I. The camp used the Gettysburg Battlefield site of the previous Great Reunion of 1913 and the preceding 1917 WWI recruit training camp for U. S. troops along... command was transferred from Capt Garner to Captain Dwight D. Eisenhower Dwight D. Eisenhower Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower was the 34th President of the United States, from 1953 until 1961. He was a five-star general in the United States Army... .
1918-04-06	Six WWI convoys totalling 200 trucks and 42 cars travelled through Gettysburg from evening until noon to an "Atlantic port".http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hkkmAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Lf8FAAAAIBAJ&dq=sixth-field-artillery%20gettysburg&pg=1990%2C2794667
1918-07-01	The only "camp for Tank Corps troops", Camp Colt consisted of "176 acres of the Codori farm, 10 acres of the Smith farm, and 6 acres of the Bryan House place" and included an Officer's Training School.
1918-09-30	A Camp Colt quarantine had been implemented for the 1918 flu pandemic.http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=aq1cAAAAIBAJ&sjid=kVgNAAAAIBAJ&pg=4547,5276546&dq=camp-colt+gettysburg&hl=en In September, the camp had reached a peak of 10,600 officers and men.
1918-10	The 310th Tank Center was established at Camp Colt, as were the 338th, 339th, & 346th Tank Battalions.
1918-12-01	Camp Colt's 200 acre (0.809372 km²) on the Codori, Trostle, Smith, and Brian farm Abraham Bryan Abraham Bryan, or Brian was a free black man who owned a farm on Cemetery Ridge at the time of the Battle of Gettysburg near the High Water Mark of the Confederacy. During the battle, Bryan and several other blacks left the area to avoid capture and enslavement. Federal troops positioned around... s had less than 6000 soldiers following post-Armistice Day Armistice Day Armistice Day is on 11 November and commemorates the armistice signed between the Allies of World War I and Germany at Compiègne, France, for the cessation of hostilities on the Western Front of World War I, which took effect at eleven o'clock in the morning—the "eleventh hour of the eleventh day... transfers.
1919-05-17	A Liberty Loan Drive Liberty bond A Liberty Bond was a war bond that was sold in the United States to support the allied cause in World War I. Subscribing to the bonds became a symbol of patriotic duty in the United States and introduced the idea of financial securities to many citizens for the first time. The Act of Congress which... volunteer was given a flight from the Camp Colt landing field http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=I9slAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZvwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6175,1912207&dq=camp-colt+gettysburg&hl=en in a "" by an Air Service United States Army Air Service The Air Service, United States Army was a forerunner of the United States Air Force during and after World War I. It was established as an independent but temporary wartime branch of the War Department by two executive orders of President Woodrow Wilson: on May 24, 1918, replacing the Aviation... pilot who had downed a German bomber over Reims Cathedral Reims Cathedral Notre-Dame de Reims is the Roman Catholic cathedral of Reims, where the kings of France were once crowned. It replaces an older church, destroyed by a fire in 1211, which was built on the site of the basilica where Clovis was baptized by Saint Remi, bishop of Reims, in AD 496. That original... .
1919-06-30	Camp Colt had a very small guard under the Quartermaster Corps and closed August 15. In August 1932, the 1st Camp Colt reunion was held at Gettysburg.http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=fhYrAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-JsFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5917,6933778&dq=camp-colt+gettysburg&hl=en
1919-07-06	The Publicity Officer and Pilot of the 1919 Motor Transport Corps convoy arrived at Gettysburg and notified the town that the convoy would arrive the next morning, camp at Gettysburg http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=UdslAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZvwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2119,3769668&dq=1919+convoy+darlington&hl=en (the "plot northwest of the Philadelphia and Reading Station" was a candidate site)http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=UdslAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZvwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5272,3768233&dq=1919+convoy+gettysburg&hl=en http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TtslAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZvwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6406,3595940&dq=1919+convoy+gettysburg&hl=en and demonstrate the searchlight at night on Nixon Field.http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ddslAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZvwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=7231,5164457&dq=1919+convoy+pittsburgh&hl=en The convoy was delayed by covered bridges at Emmitsburg Emmitsburg, Maryland -Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 2,290 people, 811 households, and 553 families residing in the town. The population density was 1,992.9 people per square mile . There were 862 housing units at an average density of 750.2 per square mile... and Middle Creek Middle Creek (Toms Creek) Middle Creek is a stream in Pennsylvania and Maryland. It is a tributary of Toms Creek, joining it near Emmitsburg, Maryland. Water from Middle Creek flows via Toms Creek, the Monocacy River, and the Potomac River to Chesapeake Bay and eventually the Atlantic Ocean.... http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=U9slAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZvwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6442,3842394&dq=1919+convoy+gettysburg&hl=en and instead continued from a PA welcome ceremony at Greenmount Greenmount, Pennsylvania Greenmount, Pennsylvania, is a populated place southwest of the Gettysburg Battlefield at Marsh Creek along the Emmitsburg Road... to camp at Chambersburg Chambersburg, Pennsylvania Chambersburg is a borough in the South Central region of Pennsylvania, United States. It is miles north of Maryland and the Mason-Dixon line and southwest of Harrisburg in the Cumberland Valley, which is part of the Great Appalachian Valley. Chambersburg is the county seat of Franklin County... .http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ddslAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZvwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=7231,5164457&dq=1919+convoy+pittsburgh&hl=en
1919-08-16	1919 convoy The 1919 Air Service Transcontinental Recruiting Convoy of the All American Pathfinders All American Pathfinders The All American Pathfinders aeroplane unit was a squadron with 13 aircraft and associated road vehicles used in the "1919 Air Service Transcontinental Recruiting Convoy" from Hazelhurst Field to California that began on August 14, 1919... squadron encamped at the former corral of Camp Colt (the drill ground was used as the landing field).
1919-09-27	A truck convoy from Camp Holabird parked along the Emmitsburg Road during the overnight stay.http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ddslAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZvwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=7231,5164457&dq=1919+convoy+pittsburgh&hl=en
1920	The Camp Wildwood boys club from the Pittsburgh metropolitan area encamped at Pennsylvania college Gettysburg College Gettysburg College is a private four-year liberal arts college founded in 1832, in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States, adjacent to the famous battlefield. Its athletic teams are nicknamed the Bullets. Gettysburg College has about 2,700 students, with roughly equal numbers of men and women... and selected a battlefield location for a memorial tree to General Frederick Hartranft John F. Hartranft John Frederick Hartranft was the 17th Governor of Pennsylvania from 1873 to 1879 and a Union Major General who received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the American Civil War.-Early life and career:... .http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NwYmAAAAIBAJ&sjid=__wFAAAAIBAJ&dq=reaser-hose&pg=5722%2C644223
1922	Camp Harding of 5000 troops on Seminary Ridge Seminary Ridge Seminary Ridge is a dendritic ridge which was an area of Battle of Gettysburg engagements during the American Civil War and of military installations during World War II.-Geography:... http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Zk4mAAAAIBAJ&sjid=H_8FAAAAIBAJ&pg=733,4650924 was the East Coast Marine Expeditionary Force encampment which reenacted Pickett's Charge (the "Tower Cope Truss The Cope Truss is a tall square frustum of four structural cells used for 2 lattice towers on the Gettysburg Battlefield: Culp's Hill Observation Tower and Confederate Avenue Observation Tower. The high observation towers have stairways with corner landings along the interior sides to form a... at Zeigler's Grove Zeigler's Grove Zeigler's Grove is a Gettysburg Battlefield location that was the location of a wooden observation tower until the late 1890s and a Cope Truss tower until the 1960s; as well as both the demolished Electric Map building and the now closed Richard Neutra's Cyclorama Building that each served as the... " was reserved for the President Warren G. Harding Warren Gamaliel Harding was the 29th President of the United States . A Republican from Ohio, Harding was an influential self-made newspaper publisher. He served in the Ohio Senate , as the 28th Lieutenant Governor of Ohio and as a U.S. Senator... ).
1928-05-26	Battery F, Sixth Field Artillery 6th Field Artillery Regiment (United States) The 6th Field Artillery Regiment is an Field Artillery regiment of the United States Army first formed in 1907-History:The 6th Field Artillery Regiment was first activated in 1907 from numbered companies of artillery... and Troop E, Third Cavalry 3rd Cavalry Division (United States) The United States Army's 3rd Cavalry Division was created from the perceived need for additional cavalry units in the interwar period.The 3rd Cavalry Division was largely a "paper" formation existing from 1927 to 1940. Its units were never assembled in a single location. The 3rd Cavalry Division... , arrived to encamp at Culp's Hill Culp's Hill Culps Hill is a Battle of Gettysburg landform south of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, with a heavily wooded summit of . The east slope is to Rock Creek , 160 feet lower in elevation, and the west slope is to a saddle with Stevens Knoll with a summit lower than the Culps Hill summit... in preparation for escorting President Calvin Coolidge Calvin Coolidge John Calvin Coolidge, Jr. was the 30th President of the United States . A Republican lawyer from Vermont, Coolidge worked his way up the ladder of Massachusetts state politics, eventually becoming governor of that state... during the Gettysburg Memorial Day parade.http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hkkmAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Lf8FAAAAIBAJ&pg=1293,2768911&dq=sixth-field-artillery+gettysburg&hl=en
1928-07-31	An Experimental Motorized Force Experimental Motorized Force The Experimental Motorized Forces were United States Army units formed to use post-World War I military transportation tactics.The first was assembled on July 1, 1928, at Fort Leonard Wood near Baltimore, Maryland, and deployed on July 17 for United States Department of War officers. It formed a ... camps were held by troops from Camp Leonard Wood Fort Leonard Wood (military base) Fort Leonard Wood is a United States Army installation located in the Missouri Ozarks. The main gate is located on the southern boundary of St. Robert. The post was created in December 1940 and named in honor of General Leonard Wood, former Chief of Staff, in January 1941... at The Wheatfield (also Pardee Field on October 11).
1928-10-10	25 tanks and military men of Fort Leonard Wood's 4th tank corps encamped at Pardee Field.http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ktMlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=F_gFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6305,3022553&dq=fort-leonard+gettysburg+1928&hl=en (on November 18, a record 30 mph tank of the fort travelled to and from the battlefield).http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9409AAAAIBAJ&sjid=rjUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6535,2131363&dq=fort-leonard+gettysburg+1928&hl=en
1928-10-13	300 soldiers of the 12th Infantry from Camp Washington, Maryland, encamped at The Wheatfield.http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ktMlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=F_gFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6305,3022553&dq=fort-leonard+gettysburg+1928&hl=en
1929	The Wheatfield encampments included 40 Reserve Officers from Camp Holabird (July 16) and the 1st Tank Regiment from Fort Meade (October 28), and Boy Scouts camped at Pardee Field on various dates.http://www.gdg.org/Research/Authored%20Items/BCRReports/1930.html
1933-06-10	CCC camps The Civilian Conservation Corps Civilian Conservation Corps The Civilian Conservation Corps was a public work relief program that operated from 1933 to 1942 in the United States for unemployed, unmarried men from relief families, ages 18–25. A part of the New Deal of President Franklin D... (CCC) established a camp in Pitzer Woods Pitzer Woods Pitzer Woods was used during the Battle of Gettysburg and for Gettysburg Battlefield camps after the American Civil War.-History:Pitzer Woods was the site of July 1st & 2nd fighting on the 1863 Gettysburg Battlefield. The Civilian Conservation Corps established the June 15, 1933, Pitzer Woods CCC... (45 tents by July 3), and the facility was named "Camp Renaissance Camp Renaissance Camp Renaissance was Civilian Conservation Corps camp NP-2 that was established on March 10, 1933, in the Gettysburg Battlefield's Pitzer Woods for reforestation... " by October.
1934-02-03	CCC camp NP-2 had opened http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=13AmAAAAIBAJ&sjid=SAAGAAAAIBAJ&pg=6227,5260847&dq=francis-moran+gettysburg&hl=en in McMillan Woods McMillan Woods McMillan Woods was used during the Battle of Gettysburg and for Gettysburg Battlefield camps after the American Civil War, including the WWII POW camp at Gettysburg... (Charles Heilman was the 1936 commander).http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ToklAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ufIFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1323,4060726&hl=en http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=kJolAAAAIBAJ&sjid=kvUFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6231,6358638&dq=charles-heilman+gettysburg+camp&hl=en
1934-03-02	CCC workers detonated a cannon ball from the 1863 battle.http://www.google.com/search?q=1934+%22cannon+ball%22+ccc+gettysburg&tbs=nws:1,ar:1&source=newspapers During the year, the CCC sawed 55,000 feet of battlefield lumber.http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-IglAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ufIFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1626,6583971&dq=civil-works+battlefield+gettysburg&hl=en http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=aAkmAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Jf0FAAAAIBAJ&pg=6075,1968847&dq=civil-works+battlefield+gettysburg&hl=en
1935-07-19	The "local C. C. C. nine" was defeated by "Doc" Crist's Gettysburg Old Timers on the playground.http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NwYmAAAAIBAJ&sjid=__wFAAAAIBAJ&dq=reaser-hose&pg=6932%2C658977
1937-04	Camp Renaissance (CCC camp NP-1/Company #385-C) in Pitzer Woods closed (Frank J. Slonaker, former president of the battlefield guide association,http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=1cElAAAAIBAJ&sjid=HPwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1807,801305&dq=frank-slonaker&hl=en had been the camp's service officer).http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=OIklAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ufIFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5304,4630680&dq=francis-moran+gettysburg&hl=en
1938-07-03	The 1938 Gettysburg reunion 1938 Gettysburg reunion The 1938 Gettysburg reunion was a Gettysburg Battlefield encampment of American Civil War veterans for the Battle of Gettysburg's 75th anniversary. The gathering included approximately 25 Gettysburg battle veterans and had totals of 1,359 Federal and 486 Confederate attendees of the 8,000... veterans camp was near Oak Ridge Oak Ridge, Adams County, Pennsylvania Oak Ridge is the landform of the Gettysburg Battlefield where the Eternal Light Peace Memorial was dedicated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt during the 1938 Gettysburg reunion. 1863 Battle of Gettysburg, Whitworth rifled cannon fired from Oak Hill at Culp's Hill and Cemetery Hill. The ridge... and the Third Corps camp was near The Angle The Angle The Angle 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, and several other Battle of Gettysburg monuments... .
1940	NY National Guardsmen New York Army National Guard The New York Army National Guard is a component of the New York National Guard and the Army National Guard. Nationwide, the Army National Guard comprises approximately one half of the US Army's available combat forces and approximately one third of its support organization... numbering 1000 encamped at the CCC camp, Gettysburg High School, borough engine house, tourist cabins, and other locations.
1941-05-22	A Fort Indiantown Gap Fort Indiantown Gap Fort Indiantown Gap, also referred to as "The Gap" or "FIG", is a census-designated place and U.S. Army post primarily located in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania. A portion of the installation is located in eastern Dauphin County... unit encamped at Pitzer Woods and conducted aerial reconnaissance Aerial reconnaissance Aerial reconnaissance is reconnaissance that is conducted using unmanned aerial vehicles or reconnaissance aircraft. Their roles are to collect imagery intelligence, signals intelligence and measurement and signature intelligence... training (communications links were established between the camp, Big Round Top Big Round Top Big Round Top is a boulder-strewn hill notable as the topographic high point of the Gettysburg Battlefield and for 1863 American Civil War engagements for which Medals of Honor were awarded... , and Powers Hill.)http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Du8lAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LfwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6439,8655&dq=indiantown-gap+gettysburg&hl=en
1941-06-27	The 75th PA G.A.R. encampment ended at Gettysburg.http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=KO8lAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LfwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6554,1666355&dq=1941+coast-artillery+gettysburg+camp&hl=en
1941-07-05	The 71st Coast Artillery Regiment (Anti-Aircraft), successor of the 71st Pennsylvania Infantry 71st Pennsylvania Infantry The 71st Pennsylvania Volunteers was an infantry regiment of the Union Army that participated in the American Civil War.-History:... , camped for 4 nights with about 850 puptent Tent A tent is a shelter consisting of sheets of fabric or other material draped over or attached to a frame of poles or attached to a supporting rope. While smaller tents may be free-standing or attached to the ground, large tents are usually anchored using guy ropes tied to stakes or tent pegs... s (and black retriever mascot "Sergeant Bosco") at CCC Camp No. 1 for maneuvers on the battlefield and for Longstreet Day,http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=MIslAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wPIFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1810,3882108&dq=1941+coast-artillery+gettysburg+camp&hl=en and the searchlight was used from Barlow Knoll Barlow Knoll Barlow Knoll is a hill on the Gettysburg Battlefield that was the location of the Battle of Gettysburg, First Day charge of Gordon's Brigade that succeeded in breaking the Union line. The "Old Alms House Cemetery" is located on the side of the hill, and the hill named after Francis C... .http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Ku8lAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LfwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2720,1812230&dq=1941+coast-artillery+gettysburg+camp&hl=en
1941-07-28	The 68th Coast Artillery (AA) had breakfast and held ceremonies at Pitzer Woods Pitzer Woods Pitzer Woods was used during the Battle of Gettysburg and for Gettysburg Battlefield camps after the American Civil War.-History:Pitzer Woods was the site of July 1st & 2nd fighting on the 1863 Gettysburg Battlefield. The Civilian Conservation Corps established the June 15, 1933, Pitzer Woods CCC... .http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=QO8lAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LfwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4770,2953453&dq=1941+coast-artillery+gettysburg+camp&hl=en
1941-10-14	Troops from Camp Bevins, Massachusetts, bivouacked south of the Emmitsburg Rd entrance station enroute to Fort Bragg.http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=fO8lAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LfwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5832,6775894&dq=entrance-station+gettysburg&hl=en
1941-12	The 44th Infantry Division (15,000 troops & 2,500 vehicles) bivouacked on the battlefield enroute to Fort Dix (also in 1941, Vermont infantry used the former CCC camp).http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7oIlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=lfUFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5136,3953272&dq=ccc-camp+gettysburg&hl=en
1942-03	The McMillan Woods CCC camp was to be abandoned http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=1dclAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PfwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6194,5940654&dq=ccc-camp+gettysburg&hl=en after becoming the 1st under an "all colored staff" in 1939.http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0Q8mAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Df0FAAAAIBAJ&pg=1562,2814142&dq=blue-knob+gettysburg+1933&hl=en
1942	WWII Aero school The Gettysburg School of Aeronauticshttp://news.google.com/newspapers?id=XtIlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bfwFAAAAIBAJ&dq=fair's-store%20gettysburg&pg=2173%2C4011445 used the Boulevard Airport on the Mummasburg Rd and leased the Lee-Meade Inn with 18 cottages for the camp of the Civilian Pilot Training program http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=YoslAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wPIFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4404,2322330&dq=lee-meade-inn&hl=en (Harry C. Funk was the training coordinator).http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=64IlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=lfUFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5837,4076068&dq=ccc-floor+gettysburg&hl=en. In 1945, the War Mapping project at the Lee-Meade Inn analyzed captured Japanese maps and created maps for the planned invasion.http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=pnklAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5vIFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4508,2938758&dq=lee-meade-inn&hl=en
1943-11-09	Camp Sharpe Camp Sharpe Camp Sharpe was a World War II military installation on the Gettysburg Battlefield that trained soldiers for psychological operations in the European Theater of Operations Camp Sharpe was a World War II military installation on the Gettysburg Battlefield that trained soldiers for psychological... opened in Pitzer Woods at the former Civilian Conservation Corps Civilian Conservation Corps The Civilian Conservation Corps was a public work relief program that operated from 1933 to 1942 in the United States for unemployed, unmarried men from relief families, ages 18–25. A part of the New Deal of President Franklin D... camp NP-1 on the Gettysburg Battlefield Gettysburg Battlefield The Gettysburg Battlefield is the area of the July 1–3, 1863, military engagements of the Battle of Gettysburg within and around the borough of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Locations of military engagements extend from the 4 acre site of the first shot & at on the west of the borough, to East... to conduct psychological operations training.
1944-08-01	Camp Sharpe closed after the 2nd, 3rd, 4th,and 5th Mobile Radio Broadcasting Companies had shipped out for the June Normandy Campaign Normandy Campaign The Battle of Normandy or Normandy Campaign includes the following:* Operation Overlord - The Western Allied campaign in France from June 6 - August 25, 1944... .
1944-09-16	WWII POW Camp The Prisoners of War stockade along the Emmitsburg Rd at the former Camp Colt site had 350 prisoners (an additional 100 prisoners were at the 1938 Gettysburg Armory National Register of Historic Places listings in Adams County, Pennsylvania This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Adams County, Pennsylvania.This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States... on Seminary Ridge Seminary Ridge Seminary Ridge is a dendritic ridge which was an area of Battle of Gettysburg engagements during the American Civil War and of military installations during World War II.-Geography:... ).
1945-06-29	The WWII Prisoner of War Camp World War II Prisoner of War Camp, Gettysburg Battlefield, Pennsylvania The World War II Prisoner of War camp on the Gettysburg Battlefield operated from June 29, 1945, through April 1946 at the former site of the McMillan Woods CCC camp.... was established in McMillan Woods McMillan Woods McMillan Woods was used during the Battle of Gettysburg and for Gettysburg Battlefield camps after the American Civil War, including the WWII POW camp at Gettysburg... (former CCC camp NP-2) to replace the stockade.
1946-04-13	Only guards remained at the Gettysburg POW Camp.
1946-07-16	A labor camp of Bahamians began at the former Camp Sharpe Camp Sharpe Camp Sharpe was a World War II military installation on the Gettysburg Battlefield that trained soldiers for psychological operations in the European Theater of Operations Camp Sharpe was a World War II military installation on the Gettysburg Battlefield that trained soldiers for psychological... facility of Pitzer Woods Pitzer Woods Pitzer Woods was used during the Battle of Gettysburg and for Gettysburg Battlefield camps after the American Civil War.-History:Pitzer Woods was the site of July 1st & 2nd fighting on the 1863 Gettysburg Battlefield. The Civilian Conservation Corps established the June 15, 1933, Pitzer Woods CCC... .http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=mY0lAAAAIBAJ&sjid=vfIFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6501,2234355&dq=camp-sharpe+gettysburg
1949-09-20	The 95th Chemical Service company (172 men at Pitzer Woods Pitzer Woods Pitzer Woods was used during the Battle of Gettysburg and for Gettysburg Battlefield camps after the American Civil War.-History:Pitzer Woods was the site of July 1st & 2nd fighting on the 1863 Gettysburg Battlefield. The Civilian Conservation Corps established the June 15, 1933, Pitzer Woods CCC... ) and the 59th Chemical Maintenance company (70 at Pardee Field) from Edgewood Arsenal encamped through October 8.http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=fpclAAAAIBAJ&sjid=qvQFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6387,5882413&dq=edgewood+gettysburg&hl=en
1974	Camp Eisenhower Camp Eisenhower participants of the Youth Conservation Corps Youth Conservation Corps The Youth Conservation Corps ' is a summer work youth program in federally managed lands. The National Park Service, US Forest Service, US Fish and Wildlife Service and Bureau of Land Management employ teens each summer to participate in the YCC experience... removed a house foundation at Little Round Top.
1976-06-26	The Bicentennial United States Bicentennial The United States Bicentennial was a series of celebrations and observances during the mid-1970s that paid tribute to the historical events leading up to the creation of the United States as an independent republic... Wagon Train stopped overnight at the camping area of the Barlow Knoll Barlow Knoll Barlow Knoll is a hill on the Gettysburg Battlefield that was the location of the Battle of Gettysburg, First Day charge of Gordon's Brigade that succeeded in breaking the Union line. The "Old Alms House Cemetery" is located on the side of the hill, and the hill named after Francis C... farm, which had been cleaned by the Camp Eisenhower YCC participants.
2010	The 1938 Gettysburg Armory Gettysburg Armory The Gettysburg Armory is a former military facility listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The 61x96 ft facility was constructed as a $43,331 Works Projects Administration project for the local National Guard unit The Gettysburg Armory is a former military facility listed on the... that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places National Register of Historic Places listings in Adams County, Pennsylvania This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Adams County, Pennsylvania.This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States... in 1990 was vacated by Battery B, 1/108th Field Artillery.

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