Gettysburg National Park Commission, Office of the Commissioners, records of the official history of the Battle of Gettysburg, 1880-1893.

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Gettysburg National Park Commission, Office of the Commissioners, records of the official history of the Battle of Gettysburg, 1880-1893.

Bound volumes including correspondence, maps of troop movements, research and survey notes, mss., and indices used in writing the history of the battle of Gettysburg. Materials created and compiled by Col. John B. Bachelder, U.S. War Dept. historian (1876-1893), in preparation for publication of the history.

3.625 linear ft. (ca. 5,800 items).

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Gettysburg National Military Park Commission. Office of the Commissioners

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Formed 1895 when U.S. Congress established the Gettysburg National Military Park; commission ran the park under the jurisdiction of the U.S. War Dept.; commission lasted until 1922 when last surviving commissioner died; park continued to be administered by the War Dept. until 1933 when control of the park was transferred to the National Park Service. From the description of Gettysburg National Park Commission, Office of the Commissioners, approval of requests, 1893-1918. (Unknown). W...

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

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John Bachelder was a portrait and landscape painter. Born in Gilmanton, N.H. in 1825, he painted views of New England towns. From 1863 to 1865, he was a print publisher in Boston, Ma. Bachelder died in Hyde Park, Ma. on Dec. 22, 1894. From the description of Plan of Hyde Park house, 1880. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 122394485 John Badger Bachelder (1825-1894), portrait and landscape painter, photographer, and historian, the only child of Moses and Sally Parsons...

United States. War Department

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