Camp Renaissance was Civilian Conservation Corps camp NP-2 that was established on March 10, 1933, in the Gettysburg Battlefield's Pitzer Woods[1] for reforestation (all 45 tents were blown down by a July 2 "twister").[2] On September 22, 1933, Captain Moran transferred to Camp Renaissance to become the Company 1332 commander,[3] (his 1934 Company 385 of 199 workers was named the best camp/unit in subdistrict 8).[4] The camp with Company #385-C) in Pitzer Woods closed in April 1937[5] (Frank J. Slonaker, former president of the battlefield guide association,https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=1cElAAAAIBAJ&sjid=HPwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1807,801305&dq=frank-slonaker&hl=en had been the camp's service officer).https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=OIklAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ufIFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5304,4630680&dq=francis-moran+gettysburg&hl=en
The Pitzer Woods site was subsequently used for a July 5-9, 1941, encampment of the 71st Coast Artillery Regiment (Anti-Aircraft);https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=MIslAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wPIFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1810,3882108&dq=1941+coast-artillery+gettysburg+camp&hl=en https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Ku8lAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LfwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2720,1812230&dq=1941+coast-artillery+gettysburg+camp&hl=en for a July 28, 1941, 68th Coast Artillery (AA) day camp;https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=QO8lAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LfwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4770,2953453&dq=1941+coast-artillery+gettysburg+camp&hl=en and for the 1943-4 Camp Sharpe training installation.[6]