Biesecker Woods

Biesecker Woods
Woods
Country United States
State Pennsylvania
County Adams
NPS unit Gettysburg National Military Park
Landform Seminary Ridge
Location "Biesecker Woods" marker
Biome Northern Piedmont ecoregion
Geology Gettysburg-Newark Lowlands, Rossville Diabase dike[1] (50 feet thick)
Historic District
GNMP structure		 Gettysburg Battlefield (75000155)
ID47 [2]

Biesecker Woods[2] is a Gettysburg Battlefield location notable for Army of Northern Virginia positions during the Battle of Gettysburg.

References

  1. ^ "Gettysburg National Military Park and Eisenhower National Historic Site: Geologic Resources Inventory Report" (pdf). Denver, Colorado: National Park Service: Natural Resource Program Center. 2009. http://www.nature.nps.gov/Geology/inventory/publications/reports/gett-eise_gri_rpt_body_print.pdf. Retrieved 2010-02-02. 
  2. ^ a b Cope, Emmor (tbd), "Biesecker Woods - Cast Iron Site ID Tablet: ID47" (NPS.gov webpage), List of Classified Structures, p. 8 (United States Department of War marker), http://www.hscl.cr.nps.gov/insidenps/report.asp?PARK=GETT&RECORDNO=185, 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."