Camp Harding was a 1922 United States Marine Corps encampment on the Gettysburg Battlefield for the[1] Marine Expeditionary Force which conducted maneuvers and a reenactment of Pickett's Charge.[2] The camp was on the east slope of Seminary Ridge[3] and used the area between the Emmitsburg Road and West Confederate Avenue (a large open air theater was at the Virginia Monument).[4]
Simulated battle[]
At 10:30 a.m. on July 4, 1922, Camp Harding Marines conducted a simulated battle with 2 tanks (one with machine gun, the other with 1 pound rifle) advancing on a machine gun nest, four aircraft, and a hydrogen balloon which was shot with an incendiary round (the observer dropped from the basket using a parachute).[3] An artillery dual was also conducted.[5] The advance…stopped at the roadway…At 11:20…assembly call was sounded by the buglar … staged on last Saturday for the President… Medal of Honor ribbon, Capt Robert C. Carter…in the defense of the [Cemetery] Ridge…Marines camped on the side of Seminary Ridge.[3]
References[]
- ↑ "Out of the Past". July 5, 1972. p. 4. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ZHhbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=IVENAAAAIBAJ&pg=4918,187259&dq=zeigler+grove+tower+gettysburg&hl=en. Retrieved July 9, 2013.
- ↑ "Continued Rain Followed Battle". July 5, 1922. p. 2. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=asclAAAAIBAJ&sjid=q_UFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2324,853874&dq=monterey-gap&hl=en. Retrieved July 9, 2013.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Modern Battle Waged by Marines Before Immense Throng of People". July 5, 1922. pp. 1, 3. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=asclAAAAIBAJ&sjid=q_UFAAAAIBAJ&dq=monterey-gap&pg=780%2C854342. Retrieved July 9, 2013.
- ↑ "Camp is Being Shaken Down". June 27, 1922. p. 1. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ZcclAAAAIBAJ&sjid=q_UFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1945,1096799&dq=emmitsburg-road+gettysburg&hl=en. Retrieved July 9, 2013.
- ↑ "Warding and Pershing View Re-enactment of Pickett's Charge". July 3, 1922. pp. 1, 3. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=acclAAAAIBAJ&sjid=q_UFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1952,903012&dq=seminary-ridge+-gettysburg&hl=en. Retrieved July 9, 2013.
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