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. ↑ 3.0 3.1 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.
  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.