Plan of the Gettysburg battle ground


Plan of the Gettysburg battle ground

Item Information

Title:
Plan of the Gettysburg battle ground
Description:
Representative of a typical after-battle plan, this small map was prepared by Charles Reed, a participant in the conflict. Published the year after the battle, it suggests the relative positions of Union forces in black and Rebel forces in red, primarily on the second and third days of the encounter. Topography is crudely represented by hachures, with only major roads delineated. Born and educated in Charlestown, Massachusetts, Reed enlisted in the 9th Massachusetts Battery as a bugler. Before the war, he worked independently as an illustrator and lithographer. During the war, he recorded his observations in sketch books and embellished letters to his parents, now preserved in the Library of Congress. Following the war, his illustrations appeared in The Boston Globe and several Civil War-related publications.
Creator:
Reed, Charles Wellington, 1841-1926
Date:
[ca. 1864]
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Location:
Boston Public Library
Norman B. Leventhal Map Center
Collection (local):
Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection
Subjects:
Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863--Maps
Gettysburg (Pa.)--Maps
Places:
Adams (county)Gettysburg
Extent:
1 map : col., 38 x 31 cm.
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:
[S.l.] : Chas. W. Reed
Scale:
Scale ca. 1:36,500.
Language:
English
Notes:
Relief shown by hachures.
Map gives Union positions in black and Confederate positions in red, batteries and lines of fire, roads and streets, vegetation, drainage, and relief by hachures.
Description derived from published bibliography.
Notes (exhibitions):
Exhibited: "Torn in Two: The 150th Anniversary of the Civil War" organized by the Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library, 2011.
Identifier:
06_01_006541
Call #:
G3824.G3S5 1863 .R44
Barcode:
39999059026441
LCCN:
99439158