Map of the Gettysburg Battlefield

• Parchment paper, unique in appearance, with crinkles and aging process characteristics
• Unframed
• Approximately 11.5 X 16 inches

• Product Description

• Depicting army positions of the battle of Gettysburg, this authentic reproduction is printed on antiqued parchment paper. As the battle waged over July 1, 2, and 3 of 1863, the Union and Confederate armies suffered the largest number of casualties of the entire war. This is often described as the war's turning point.

  Ironically, Lincoln noted in his short, historic speech on November 19, 1863 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, "The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here . . ."

The National Archives' cartographic section contains approximately 8,000 Civil War maps, including both manuscript and printed maps and plans. The manuscript maps include pencil sketches and original pen-and-ink drawings as well as processed maps with annotations in ink or pencil. Many of the Civil War manuscript maps and drawings are unique to the National Archives, while a variety of the printed maps are more common and can be found in other large repositories such as the Library of Congress.

Overall, the holdings of the Cartographic and Architectural Section of the National Archives include over 15 million maps, charts, aerial photographs, architectural drawings, patents, and ship plans, constituting one of the world's largest accumulations of such documents.