McMillan Woods
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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
. The cast iron site identification tablet for the woods was placed in 1920, and the woods is the site of a youth campground.
(CCC) camp NP-2 had opened by February 3, 1934http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=13AmAAAAIBAJ&sjid=SAAGAAAAIBAJ&pg=6227,5260847&dq=francis-moran+gettysburg&hl=en in McMillan Woods near CCC Camp Renaissance
in Pitzer Woods
(camp NP-1). Charles Heilman was the 1936 commander of CCC camp No. 2,http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ToklAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ufIFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1323,4060726&hl=enhttp://news.google.com/newspapers?id=kJolAAAAIBAJ&sjid=kvUFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6231,6358638&dq=charles-heilman+gettysburg+camp&hl=en and in 1937 the commander was involved in a hit and run accident.http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=I_ElAAAAIBAJ&sjid=tfwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1464,2720827&dq=harry-rothhaupt&hl=en The camp provided manpower for building the veterans camp for the 1938 Gettysburg reunion
, and about 50 enrollees of CCC Company #1355-C served as aides for unaccompanied veterans.http://books.google.com/books?id=Ji64ZgxVuoMC&pg=PA152
In 1939, the McMillan Woods CCC camp became the 1st under an "all colored staff" when the white supervisory personnel transferred to the Blue Knob CCC camp
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0Q8mAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Df0FAAAAIBAJ&pg=1562,2814142&dq=blue-knob+gettysburg+1933&hl=en (the camp's singing quartet made public appearances in 1939.)http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0SMmAAAAIBAJ&sjid=A_0FAAAAIBAJ&dq=dale-starry-and-his-string-band&pg=4714%2C1751441 In March 1942, 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 and the facility became the 1944-5 WWII POW camp at Gettysburg
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Battle of Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg , was fought July 1–3, 1863, in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The battle with the largest number of casualties in the American Civil War, it is often described as the war's turning point. Union Maj. Gen. George Gordon Meade's Army of the Potomac...
and for Gettysburg Battlefield camps after the American Civil War
Gettysburg Battlefield camps after the American Civil War
Gettysburg Battlefield camps after the American Civil War were used by the Pennsylvania National Guard, Civil War veterans, the United States Marine Corps, the Civilian Conservation Corps, the United States Army, and the Youth Conservation Corps....
, including the WWII POW camp at Gettysburg
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....
. The cast iron site identification tablet for the woods was placed in 1920, and the woods is the site of a youth campground.
CCC camp
Civilian Conservation CorpsCivilian 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) camp NP-2 had opened by February 3, 1934http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=13AmAAAAIBAJ&sjid=SAAGAAAAIBAJ&pg=6227,5260847&dq=francis-moran+gettysburg&hl=en in McMillan Woods near CCC 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...
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...
(camp NP-1). Charles Heilman was the 1936 commander of CCC camp No. 2,http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ToklAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ufIFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1323,4060726&hl=enhttp://news.google.com/newspapers?id=kJolAAAAIBAJ&sjid=kvUFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6231,6358638&dq=charles-heilman+gettysburg+camp&hl=en and in 1937 the commander was involved in a hit and run accident.http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=I_ElAAAAIBAJ&sjid=tfwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1464,2720827&dq=harry-rothhaupt&hl=en The camp provided manpower for building the veterans camp for 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...
, and about 50 enrollees of CCC Company #1355-C served as aides for unaccompanied veterans.http://books.google.com/books?id=Ji64ZgxVuoMC&pg=PA152
In 1939, the McMillan Woods CCC camp became the 1st under an "all colored staff" when the white supervisory personnel transferred to the Blue Knob CCC camp
Blue Knob State Park
Blue Knob State Park is a Pennsylvania state park in Kimmel, Lincoln, and Pavia townships in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. The average annual snowfall at the park is about . The park is named for Blue Knob, the second highest mountain in Pennsylvania at . It is the location...
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0Q8mAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Df0FAAAAIBAJ&pg=1562,2814142&dq=blue-knob+gettysburg+1933&hl=en (the camp's singing quartet made public appearances in 1939.)http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0SMmAAAAIBAJ&sjid=A_0FAAAAIBAJ&dq=dale-starry-and-his-string-band&pg=4714%2C1751441 In March 1942, 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 and the facility became the 1944-5 WWII POW camp at Gettysburg
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....
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