| Pitzer Woods | |
| Map: | Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates: | 39.8047°N -92.375°W |
| Region: | Pennsylvania |
| Country: | United States |
See main article: Seminary Ridge. Pitzer Woods is a Gettysburg Battlefield site used for Gettysburg Battlefield camps after the American Civil War such as the 1933 - 37 Camp Renaissance Civilian Conservation Corps camp.
Pitzer Woods was the site of July 1st & 2nd fighting during the 1863 Battle of Gettysburg.[1] After the CCC camp closed, Fort Indiantown Gap used Pitzer Woods in 1941 and conducted aerial reconnaissance training using the battlefield.[2] During 1943-4, Camp Sharpe used the Pitzer Woods camp ("in a muddy hollow at the bottom of a slanting road")[3] to train soldiers for psychological operations in the European Theater of Operations. In 1946, agricultural laborers from the Bahamas (July 16)https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hHglAAAAIBAJ&sjid=BfMFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6050,4884545&dq=prisoner-of-war+camp+gettysburg&hl=en and Jamaica were housed on Seminary Ridge. The Pitzer Woods amphitheater was constructed in the 1960s,[4] and the July 3, 1998 James Longstreet memorial was erected at the Pitzer Woods site that had been dedicated in 1941.[5]