McMillan Woods

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McMillan Woods
Geography
LocationUnited States, Adams County, Pennsylvania, Gettysburg National Military Park
Ecology
FaunaNorthern Piedmont ecoregion

McMillan Woods is a Gettysburg Battlefield forested area used during the Battle of Gettysburg and for camps after the American Civil War, including a CCC camp and the subsequent WWII POW camp at Gettysburg. The woods includes Rifle Pits and Earth Works from the battle[1]

The cast iron site identification tablet for the woods was placed in 1920,[2] and the woods is the site of a youth campground.

History[]

Chronology
Date Event
1906-07-16 Camp Henderson of the PA National Guard [1] used 95 acres (0.38 km2) in McMillan Woods and the Trostle, Klingel, Sherfy, McPherson, and Codori farms [2] for the encampment through July 16. Maneuvers were conducted from Zeigler's Grove to Devil's Den.[3] (the joint maneuver camp followed at Mount Gretna's Camp Roosevelt.)[3]
1934-02-03 CCC camp NP-2 had opened [4] in McMillan Woods[4] (Charles Heilman was the 1936 commander).[5][6]
1942-03 The McMillan Woods CCC camp was to be abandoned [7] after becoming the 1st under an "all colored staff" in 1939.[8]
1944-11-15 POWs moved to the former McMillan Woods CCC camp[9] converted to the Gettysburg WWII POW Camp to replace the stockade.[5]
1949-08-09 The site of the former POW camp was used for the camporee of the Black Walnut Boy Scout district.[10]
1966 Boy Scout summer camps formerly held at Pardee Field began at McMillan Woods.[11]
1989 Improvements were completed at the McMillan Woods Youth Campground for hosting 5500 campers each year.[12]

References[]

  1. ^ Cope, Emmor, "McMillan Woods Rifle Pits (Structure number MD15, LCS ID 006988) & Earthworks (Structure number MD16)" (NPS.gov webpage), : GETT p. 36, United States Department of War marker, 6 shallow dish-shaped depressions in ground. 2' deep, 7'11" diameter. Overgrown & filled w/ decomposed leaves. Located ca 20' form E edge of McMillan Woods, 60' from West Confederate Ave. External link in |work= (help)[dead link]
  2. ^ Cope, Emmor (1920), "Pitzer Woods - Cast Iron Site ID Tablet (ID52)", : GETT p. tbd (NPS.gov webpage) |format= requires |url= (help), United States Department of War marker, 1 of 35 Site ID Tablets by War Dept's … Designer … Cope, E. B. … Painted raised letter and border inscription tablet, 2'1"x1'8". Mounted on fluted post, 3' high. External link in |work= (help)[dead link]
  3. ^ "An Imaginary Battle Fought at Gettysburg" (Google News Archive). Reading Eagle. July 25, 1906. Retrieved February 3, 2012.
  4. ^ "Camp Information for NP-2-PA". Pennsylvania CCC Archive. Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. Retrieved February 1, 2010.
  5. ^ "Out of the Past: 50 Years Ago". June 29, 1995. Retrieved February 1, 2010.
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