Camp Harding


Camp Harding was a 1922 United States Marine Corps encampment on the Gettysburg Battlefield for the Marine Expeditionary Force which conducted maneuvers and a reenactment of Pickett's Charge. The camp was on the east slope of Seminary Ridge and used the area between the Emmitsburg Road and West Confederate Avenue.

Simulated battle

At 10:30 a.m. on July 4, 1922, Camp Harding Marines conducted a simulated battle with 2 tanks advancing on a machine gun nest, four aircraft, and a hydrogen balloon which was shot with an incendiary round. An artillery duel was also conducted. The advance…stopped at the roadway…At 11:20…assembly call was sounded by the bugler … staged on last Saturday for the President… Medal of Honor ribbon, Capt Robert C. Carter…in the defense of the Ridge…Marines camped on the side of Seminary Ridge.