Gettysburg Battle-Field – Historic Reproduction
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Gettysburg Battle-Field comes to life in this historic image, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
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Gettysburg Battle-Field
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A panoramic bird's-eye view of the Gettysburg battlefield, drawn as though seen from high above, shows the rolling ground where the three-day battle was fought in early July 1863. Maps and views like this were popular in the months after the fighting, when newspapers and the public wanted to follow the movements of the armies across Cemetery Ridge, Culp's Hill and the wheatfields and orchards around the town. Such pictorial views trade strict measurement for a readable sense of the land, so they show how the ridges and roads lay in relation to one another, which is worth noticing when comparing them with later survey maps.
| Created / published | c. 1863 |
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| Notes | Battle Fought At Gettysburg, Pa., July 1st, 2d & 3d, 1863 By The Federal And Confederate Armies, Commanded Respectively By Genl. G. G. Meade and Genl. Robert E. Lee. J. B. Bachelder, del. Endicott & Co., lithographer, Boston and New York. (view, hand colored, 53 x 92 cm.) SUMMARY: Bears a "Proof" mark in the lower left corner. Endorsed (facsimile). “I am perfectly satisfied with the accuracy with which the topography is delineated and the position of the troops laid down.” [Signed] Geo. G. Meade, Maj. Gen. of Vols. comd. A. P. The reproduced signatures of A. Doubleday, John Newton, Winf. St. Hancock, D.B. Birney, Geo. Sykes, John Sedgwick, O. O. Howard, A. S. Williams, and H. W. Slocum appear below the following statement: “The positions of the troops of our respective commands represented upon this picture have been arranged under our immediate direction and may be relied upon as substa |
| Original scan | 2,886 × 2,029 px · prints to 10 × 7 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | L-CW-22 |
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