The Battle of Gettysburg, July 1 to July 3, 1863, was one of the major battles of the Civil War. This bird’s-eye view of the battlefield, created from data collected several days after the conflict, was researched and drawn by New York engraver John B. Bachelder. It shows the town, the surrounding twenty-five miles of terrain, the topography of the battlefield, troop positions, and, at the bottom center of the sheet, a plan of the Soldiers’ National Cemetery where President Abraham Lincoln delivered his celebrated Gettysburg Address.