Spangler Woods

Spangler Woods
woodland area
Name origin: Henry Spangler,[1]:'93 (farm owner)
Country United States
State Pennsylvania
County Adams
NPS unit Gettysburg National Military Park
Biome Northern Piedmont ecoregion
Geology Gettysburg-Newark Lowlands, Rossville Diabase dike[2] (50 feet thick)
Historic District
GNMP structure
GNIS ID
75000155
ID59[3]
n/a [4]

Spangler Woods is a Gettysburg Battlefield location used during the Battle of Gettysburg[3] and is near the Virginia Monument. On July 2, 1863, Garnett's Brigade bivouacked on the border of the woods.[5]

References

  1. Gettysburg National Military Park Commission. "An Introduction to the Annual Reports of the Gettysburg National Military Park Commission to the Secretary of War". The Gettysburg Commission Reports. Gettysburg, PA: War Department.
  2. "Gettysburg National Military Park and Eisenhower National Historic Site: Geologic Resources Inventory Report" (PDF). Denver, Colorado: National Park Service: Natural Resource Program Center. 2009. Retrieved 2010-02-02.
  3. 1 2 Cope, Emmor (1920), "Spangler Woods - Cast Iron Site ID Tablet] ([http://www.hscl.cr.nps.gov/insidenps/report.asp?PARK=GETT&RECORDNO=182 Spangler House)" (NPS.gov webpage), List of Classified Structures, p. 8, United States Department of War marker, retrieved 2011-06-06, 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 |title=, |work= (help)
  4. "Query Form For The United States And Its Territories". U.S. Board on Geographic Names. Retrieved 2011-06-06.
  5. "Garnett's Brigade Marker". Hmdb.org. 2008-09-30. Retrieved 2012-01-25.


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