McMillan Woods

McMillan Woods
McMillan Woods
Geography
Location	Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States
Ecology
Fauna	Northern 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]^[2]

The cast iron site identification tablet for the woods was placed in 1920,^[3] and the woods is the site of a youth campground.

^ Cope, Emmor, "McMillan Woods Rifle Pits (Structure number MD15, LCS ID 006988) & Earthworks (Structure number MD16)", NPS.gov, archived from the original on December 13, 2012
^ "List of Classified Structures". United States Department of War. p. 36. Archived from the original on December 14, 2012. 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.
^ Cope, Emmor (1920), "Pitzer Woods - Cast Iron Site ID Tablet (ID52)", NPS.gov, United States Department of War, archived from the original on September 15, 2012, retrieved June 6, 2011, 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.