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Shoel, Charles, fl. 1863-1865 Gettysburg and Vicinity: Constructed and Engraved to Illustrate the War with the South

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08878.0125 Author/Creator: Shoel, Charles, fl. 1863-1865 Place Written: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Type: Map Date: 1864 Pagination: 1 print : b&w Height: 19.8 cm, Width: 28 cm Order a Copy

One map entitled "Gettysburg and Vicinity: Constructed and Engraved to Illustrate the War with the South" dated 1864. Depicts a topographical map of the Battle of Gettysburg, July 1-3, 1863. Caption notes, "from an actual survey by an engineer Officer on General Doubleday's Staff." Engraved by Rae Smith after topography by Charles Shoel.

Shoel, Charles, fl. 1863-1865
Smith, Rae, fl. 1864-1865
Doubleday, Abner, 1819-1893

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