Pitzer Run

Pitzer Run
Location
CountryUnited States
StatePennsylvania
RegionAdams County
TownshipCumberland
The stream runs from the north to the south, along the west flank of Seminary Ridge

Pitzer Run is a Pennsylvania stream flowing southward between McPherson Ridge and Seminary and Warfield Ridges through the Gettysburg Battlefield to Willoughby Run[1] at the site of Pitzer's School, which was Confederate General Longstreet's headquarters during the Battle of Gettysburg (the school burned in 1915).[2]

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pitzer Run
  2. ^ "Fire Destroys Pitzer's School", Adams County News, Nov 27, 1915