John Bachelder Map of the Evergreen, National Cemetery, Cemetery Hill, and Baltimore Pike, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

Description:

John Bachelder Map of the Evergreen, National Cemetery, Cemetery Hill, and Baltimore Pike, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, c. 1860s-70s, attributed to John Bachelder, with elevations, artillery positions, fence lines, roads, buildings, and Evergreen and National Cemeteries, ht. 22, wd. 17 1/2 in.

Provenance: Drawn for Lieutenant Edward N. Whittier, to the collection of Don Troiani.

Note: Lieutenant Edward Newton Whittier was a member of the 5th Maine Light Artillery and fought at McKnight's Knoll and Cemetery Hill during the Battle of Gettysburg.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_N._Whittier
http://gettysburg.stonesentinels.com/union-monuments/maine/5th-maine-battery/
http://www.historynet.com/war-words-felt-sharp-sting.htm
Estimate $150-250

Some lines from being rolled and a few light stains but in overall very good condition.


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