Plum Run (Rock Run in 1821)[1] is a Pennsylvania stream flowing southward from the Gettysburg Battlefield between the Gettys-Black Divide on the east and on the west, the drainage divide for Pitzer Run, Biesecker Run, Willoughby Run, and Marsh Creek.
| Plum Run (Rock Creek tributary) Bloody Run | |
|---|---|
 Plum Run generally flows west of both the Taneytown Road and Rock Creek. | |
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| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| Region | Adams County |
| Township | Cumberland |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Field of Pickett's Charge |
| Basin features | |
| Namesake | "Plum Run line" of McGilvery's artillery |
History
editThe Plum Run Valley was the location of Battle of Gettysburg, Second Day, and Third Day military engagements.
In 1972, the Slaughter Pen comfort station was temporarily closed after Youth Conservation Corps participants of Camp Eisenhower discovered fecal pollution in Plum Run.[1]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Map of York & Adams Counties (Map). Cartography by D. Small. W. Wagner. 1821. Retrieved 2011-05-28.
- ^ "Funding goal marks start of Gettysburg restoration" (Google News Archive). Reading Eagle. June 6, 2005. Retrieved 2011-10-28.
- ^ a b "The National Map". National Hydrography Dataset. NationalMap.gov (USGS). Archived from the original (NHD Viewer) on 2012-03-23. Retrieved 2011-07-21.
- ^ a b Cope, Emmor (1904). Blueprint 825 (Map). (shows "Lower Wheatfield Road")
- ^ [satellite view] (Google Maps) (Map). Retrieved 15 November 2011.
- ^ 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. "On September 9, 1907, a contract was made with M. & T. E. Farrell to grade and pike a portion of three additional public roads connecting avenues, viz: The Harrisburg road from the borough line of Gettysburg to Rock Creek bridge, 2,872 feet, 18 feet wide; the Emmitsburg road from the borough line to the peach orchard, 8,263 feet, 18 feet wide, and the Wheatfield road from Sedgwick avenue to Sickles avenue, 3,400 feet, 18 feet wide. This contract includes the draining and one large culvert over Plum Run."
- ^ Perles, S. J.; G. S. Podniesinski; W. A. Millinor; L. A. Sneddon (September 2006). Vegetation Classification and Mapping at GettysburgNational Military Park and Eisenhower National HistoricSite (PDF) (Report). National Park Service Northeast Region. p. 25. Retrieved 2011-10-28.
In the southcentral portion of Gettysburg National MilitaryPark, Heagy's Woods Run joins Plum Run,
