Construction of the National Cemetery in Gettysburg

Construction of the National Cemetery in Gettysburg

Schematic battlefield scene; with b,c, and d in Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper 12/5/1863, p. 168-9. First published signed drawing.

c September-October 1863

Recto: "Digging the trenches for the graves in the cemetery // Union graves with head boards // The speaker will face this way // This ridge the rebel line // Union troops lay behind here // [etc.]"

Verso: blank.

Ripping along central fold and left corner (old repair); crumbling and dirty at edges.

graphite on wove paper

13.5 x 9.75 in.

Graphite drawings--American--1860-1870

39.8309293, -77.2310955

Original drawing location: CW-JB-PA-9/63a (Box 1.)

http://hdl.handle.net/2345/4550

(Becker)CW-JB-PA-9/63a