The Development And Care Of
The Soldiers' National Cemetery Enclosures
At Gettysburg

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kathleen R. Georg
Research Historian
Gettysburg National Military Park
                                                                June 16, 1978
 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 
The Development of the National  Cemetery                   1
Maintenance by the War Department                12
Maintenance Under the National Park Service              23
Afterwords and  Afterthoughts                28
Annotated   Bibliography                35
`Appendices              38
    A - Recommendations and Drawings of NPS  Architect  A. Franzen, National Cemetery Wall             39
    B - Drawings of NPS Exhibit Specialist   
A. R. Voorhee  National Cemetery Wall 
           42
C - "Map of the Grounds and Design for the Improvements of the Soldiers' National Cemetery" by William Saunders.             44
    D - "An Act to Incorporate the Soldiers'       Cemetery", March 25, 1864.            45
    E - [William Saunders], "Landscape Gardening" (1869)                               49
  F - Photographs 
    A. Frankenstein watercolor              66
    B. Tyson stereo view, 1864-1865             68
    C. Late 1860s-1872 photographs              70
    D. Tyson (?) photograph, 1865-August 1871.            85
    E. 1870s photographs             87
    F. Tipton photograph, 1870s-1880s (?)            100
    G. Mumper photograph, ca. 1878            102
    H. Mumper photograph, late 1880s (?)           102
    I. Tipton photograph, 1892            104
    J. 1890s photographs            106
    K. 1900-1934 photographs             121
    L. 1930s photographs            130
    M. April 1978 views, showing condition of stone   wall           147
    N. April 1978 views of Coping & Cramps              157
    O. April 1978 photographs, showing bulging             165
    P. April 1978 photographs, collapse of wall              173
    Q. National Cemetery iron fencing, May 1978             177
    R. Photographs of Antietam National Cemetery             185
G - Schedule of Recorded Maintenance            190
H - Architectural Description             192