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词条 McMillan Woods
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}}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[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=H4ctAAAAIBAJ&sjid=XJwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6403,4561883&dq=camp-henderson+gettysburg&hl=en Camp Henderson] of the PA National Guard [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=D0pAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=dP8FAAAAIBAJ&pg=6752,5158372&dq=1906+national-guard+july+gettysburg&hl=en] used {{Convert>95|acres|km2|abbr=on}} in McMillan Woods and the Trostle, Klingel, Sherfy, McPherson, and Codori farms   for the encampment through July 16. Maneuvers were conducted from Zeigler's Grove to Devil's Den.[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=H4ctAAAAIBAJ&sjid=XJwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6403,4561883&dq=camp-henderson+gettysburg&hl=en] (the joint maneuver camp followed at Mount Gretna's Camp Roosevelt.)[3]
1906-07-16[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=H4ctAAAAIBAJ&sjid=XJwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6403,4561883&dq=camp-henderson+gettysburg&hl=en Camp Henderson] of the PA National Guard [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=D0pAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=dP8FAAAAIBAJ&pg=6752,5158372&dq=1906+national-guard+july+gettysburg&hl=en] used {{Convert>95|acres|km2|abbr=on}} in McMillan Woods and the Trostle, Klingel, Sherfy, McPherson, and Codori farms   for the encampment through July 16. Maneuvers were conducted from Zeigler's Grove to Devil's Den.[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=H4ctAAAAIBAJ&sjid=XJwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6403,4561883&dq=camp-henderson+gettysburg&hl=en] (the joint maneuver camp followed at Mount Gretna's Camp Roosevelt.)[3]
1934-02-03 CCC camp NP-2 had opened [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=13AmAAAAIBAJ&sjid=SAAGAAAAIBAJ&pg=6227,5260847&dq=francis-moran+gettysburg&hl=en] in McMillan Woods[4] (Charles Heilman was the 1936 commander).[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ToklAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ufIFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1323,4060726&hl=en][https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=kJolAAAAIBAJ&sjid=kvUFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6231,6358638&dq=charles-heilman+gettysburg+camp&hl=en]
1942-03 The McMillan Woods CCC camp was to be abandoned [https://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.[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0Q8mAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Df0FAAAAIBAJ&pg=1562,2814142&dq=blue-knob+gettysburg+1933&hl=en]
1944-11-15 POWs moved to the former McMillan Woods CCC camp[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=XukxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bOUFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6731,1546174&dq=carl-brantz+gettysburg&hl=en] 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.[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=L48lAAAAIBAJ&sjid=yfIFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1036,5938982&dq=mcmillan-woods+campground&hl=en]
1966 Boy Scout summer camps formerly held at Pardee Field began at McMillan Woods.[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=mEMmAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Hv8FAAAAIBAJ&pg=2445,3984670&dq=mcmillan-woods+campground&hl=en]
1989 Improvements were completed at the McMillan Woods Youth Campground for hosting 5500 campers each year.[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=WhQmAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Uv0FAAAAIBAJ&pg=6856,429005&dq=mcmillan-woods+campground&hl=en]

References

1. ^{{Citation |last=Cope |first=Emmor |authorlink=Emmor Cope |year= |title=McMillan Woods Rifle Pits (Structure number MD15, LCS ID 006988) & Earthworks (Structure number MD16) |url=http://www.hscl.cr.nps.gov/insidenps/summary.asp?PARK=GETT&STATE=&STRUCTURE=&SORT=&PAGE=10 |format=NPS.gov webpage |work=List of Classified Structures: GETT p. 36 |publisher=United States Department of War marker |accessdate= |quote=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.}}{{Dead link |website temporarily down|date=December 2011}}
2. ^{{Citation |last=Cope |first=Emmor |authorlink=Emmor Cope |year=1920 |title=Pitzer Woods - Cast Iron Site ID Tablet (ID52)|url= |format=NPS.gov webpage |work=List of Classified Structures: GETT p. tbd |publisher=United States Department of War marker |accessdate= |quote=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.}}{{Dead link |website temporarily down|date=December 2011}}
3. ^{{Cite news |date=July 25, 1906 |title=An Imaginary Battle Fought at Gettysburg |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=H4ctAAAAIBAJ&sjid=XJwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6403,4561883&dq=camp-henderson+gettysburg&hl=en |format=Google News Archive |newspaper=Reading Eagle |accessdate=2012-02-03 }}
4. ^{{cite web |title=Camp Information for NP-2-PA |url=http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/stateparks/ccc/Camp.aspx?ID=142 |work=Pennsylvania CCC Archive |publisher=Department of Conservation and Natural Resources |accessdate=2010-02-01}}
5. ^{{cite web |date=June 29, 1995 |title=Out of the Past: 50 Years Ago |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=cxAmAAAAIBAJ&sjid=sP0FAAAAIBAJ&pg=2085,3181343&dq=camp-sharpe |accessdate=2010-02-01}}

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