Lithograph
- Title:
- Gettysburg Battle-field
- Object Name:
- Lithograph
- Object ID:
- 1995.573.08
- Creator:
- Bachelder, John Badger (1825-1894)
Artist ; Endicott & CompanyLithographer ; Stevens, Joanne M. (1842-1869)Artist - Place of Origin:
- Boston, MA/New York City, NY
- Date:
- 1863
- Description:
- Hand-colored lithograph, Gettysburg Battle-field, by John Badger Bachelder (1825-1894), hand-colored by Joanne M. Stevens (1842-1869), printed by Endicott & Company (1852-1886), 1863. Ink on paper with white and blue tint stones and watercolor. Aerial map of Gettysburg battlefield with labels indicating natural, residential, and artificial landmarks, Federal and Confederate troop locations with regimental, state, commanding officer identification, and symbol of Corps badges of Federal brigades with key below and troop lines sorted by color to differentiate the three days of battle, with key below. Printed lower left, under image: "JNO. B. BACHELDER. DEL." Center, under image: " Enter according to Act of Congress in the year 1863 by Jno. B. Bachelder in the Clerks Office of the District Court of Massachusetts." Lower right, under image: "ENDICOTT & CO. LITH. N.Y." Key to Federal and Confederate troop lines by color variation for the three days of battle to corresponding troop location on map, lower margin, left of center. Key of Corps divisions and brigade number to corresponding Corps badge symbols on map, lower margin, right of center. Title in lower margin at center: " GETTYSBURG BATTLE-FIELD." with a plan for the Soldiers National Cemetery at Gettysburg Battlefield between the two words. Under title: "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." Facsimile inscription lower center, also under title: "I am perfectly satisfied with the accuracy with which the topography is delineated and the position of the troops laid down / Geo. G. Meade / Maj. Gen. of Vols. Comd. A. P." Lower right: "Published by [facsimile signature] Jno. B. Bachelder / 125 WASHINGTON ST. BOSTON. / 39 BEERMAN ST. NEW YORK." Handwritten inscription in ink, lower right of center: "Colored by Joanne M. Stevens and presented to her parents by / Jno B. Bachelder / sept. 8th 1869." Lower margin, at left: "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 substantially correct." followed by two columns of facsimile signatures and the printed titles of the men enlisted to verify accuracy of the print, left column: "A. Doubleday / Maj. Gen. Vol. Comdg. 1st Corps July 1st / John Newton / Maj. Gen. Vols. Comdg. 1st Corps July 2d & 3d. / Winf. St. Hancock / Major General Comdg. Left Centre / D. B. Birney / Major General Comdg. 3d. Corps. July 3d and part of 2d. / H. W. Slocum / Maj. General Comdg. Right wing" column two: "Geo Sykes / Major General Comdg. 5th Corps. / John Sedgwick / Major General Comdg. 6th Corps. / O. O. Howard / Major General Comdg. 11th Corps. / A. S. Williams / Brig. General Comdg. 12th Corps. / Henry J. Hunt / Brig. Genl. Comdg. Arty. Army of the Potomac." Lower margin, at right: "This drawing represents not less than twenty five square miles of territory. It has been / executed with remarkable fidelity and may be relied upon as a correct delineation / of the natural and artificial features of the place where this great battle was fought." followed by a column of facsimile signatures and printed titles of the men enlisted to verify accuracy of the print: "Robert Martin / Burgess of Gettysburg. / M. Jacobs . Prof. of Mathematics & Chemistry in Penna. College Gettysburg Pa. / S.S. Schmucker / Chairman of Theological Faculty. Theological Seminary Gettysburg Pa. / H.L. Baugher / President Pennsylvania College Gettysburg Pa. / E.B. / Asst. Engineer In charge of Military Surveys at Gettysburg Pa. / G.K. Warren / Brig. General Vols. Chief Engn. Army Potomac." Lower left corner: "PROOF" Modern molded wood frame with gilding; glazed.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-27.5 W-39.4 inches
- Provenance:
- Found in Collection of New Hampshire Historical Society
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
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