37 acres preserved at Barlow's Knoll (July 1 fighting)

I'm a bit confused. The map on the link that shows the acquired land appears to be land that has already been part of the national park. I'm using the official NPS guide map as my source.
 
Land might be in the authorized Park boundary but that doesn't mean that the Park owns it. There are many "in-holdings" and the Park doesn't always have the money to buy those properties. That is why we need to support organizations like the Civil War Trust.
 
A very important acquisition! Attached are two draft maps showing my interpretation of what occurred on that ground during the Eleventh Corps retreat.
 

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Land might be in the authorized Park boundary but that doesn't mean that the Park owns it. There are many "in-holdings" and the Park doesn't always have the money to buy those properties. That is why we need to support organizations like the Civil War Trust.

Very interesting. That is something that I did not know. I always assumed that all land in the Park was owned by the Park.
 
Comparing the buildings of the Adams County Alms House with a modern Google Earth image, I am not able to positively identify any vestige that matches, although the lane that ran from the Carlisle Road past the old buildings to the Harrisburg Road is still there, with some minor changes. In addition, the east-west stream that ran south of the buildings and emptied into Rock Creek is still there, and I believe the depression through which that stream ran is where Gordon's brigade halted on July 1. Trees line the stream today. A short distance further south, on the west side of the Harrisburg Road, stands the home that was occupied by the John S. Crawford family during the battle.
 
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