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Bachelder, John B. (John Badger), 1825-1894 [Sketchbook with drawings and notes on the Gettysburg campaign] [word processed inventory available]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02670.01 Author/Creator: Bachelder, John B. (John Badger), 1825-1894 Place Written: Various Places Type: Sketchbook Date: 11 July - August 1863 Pagination: 1 v. : 11 drawings Height: 15 cm, Width: 24 cm Order a Copy

Signed by Bachelder on the first blank page, "Jno. B Bachelder, Print Publisher, no. 123 Washington St. Boston." Drawings, pencil and watercolor sketches, and notes on the Gettysburg campaign. Includes sketches of Hanover Junction, PA, 11 July 1863; Rock Ridge Devil's Den Round Top, 23 July 1863; Gen. Meade's Headquarters, 19 August 1863; and Fair Oaks, 31 May 1862, but possibly drawn later. Other sketches include houses, fields, and the road into Gettysburg. 11 drawings total, many blank pages, some pages removed. Bound in black book marked "Sketch Book."

Bachelder, John B. (John Badger), 1825-1894

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