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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 US Marine Corps, the Civilian Conservation Corps, the US Army, and the Youth Conservation Corps.

Camp Samuel W. Crawford laid out by the corps of engineers [15] was the 28th Infantry (Keystone) "Division Encampment at Gettysburg" through August 18 [16] with a burlesque parade.[17]

Camp Edwin S. Stuart of 7000 [34] PA National Guardsmen was just south of the Peach Orchard,[35][36] and Pennsylvania's only licensed pilot demonstrated a Curtiss Biplane.[37][38] The airfield was near W Confederate Av [39] and a "fully equipped field hospital" was 1st used during this encampment.


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