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Template:Geobox After the American Civil War, Camp Gettysburg[1] was the Pennsylvania National Guard encampment that extending[clarification needed] from Seminary Ridge. The new Round Top Branch was used to outfit the camp[2] (e.g., lumber for tent floors was shipped from New Oxford on July 22.[when?])[3] The new reservoir at Marsh Creek supplied the camp's water,[4] and military drills included rifle matches at 200, 300, and 500 yards.[2]

References

  1. ^ https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=B1QmAAAAIBAJ&sjid=JgAGAAAAIBAJ&pg=1460,1160966&dq=adams-county-fair+gettysburg&hl=en
  2. ^ a b "Camp Gettysburg" (Google News Archives). Gettysburg Compiler. July 29, 1884. Retrieved 2010-01-24.
  3. ^ "Excursions & At the Camp". July 22, 1884. ...from Seminary Ridge to the avenue in the rear and east of the First Brigade Headquarters, and from a line on the extreme south side of the First Brigade to a line on the extreme north side of the Third Brigade.
  4. ^ https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=8VMmAAAAIBAJ&sjid=JgAGAAAAIBAJ&pg=1665,238888&dq=round-top-branch&hl=en