The Rebel Invasion of Maryland & Pennsylvania and the Battle of Gettysburg – With Folding Campaign Map / SOLD

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The Rebel Invasion of Maryland & Pennsylvania and the Battle of Gettysburg – With Folding Campaign Map

1864 first edition wartime account of the Confederate invasion of Maryland and Pennsylvania, including the Battle of Gettysburg.

Complete with the desirable folding campaign map illustrating troop positions and movements. Map is present and complete, showing expected age toning and fold wear. One tear separation has been reinforced with old tape, as shown. No major losses.

The Rebel Invasion of Maryland and Pennsylvania – 1864 First Edition

A scarce and historically significant wartime publication, The Rebel Invasion of Maryland and Pennsylvania, printed in 1864, offers a near-contemporary Northern account of Confederate operations culminating in the Gettysburg Campaign. Issued while the conflict still raged, this volume captures the immediacy, urgency, and perspective of Union-aligned writers documenting General Robert E. Lee’s movements through Maryland in 1862 and his subsequent invasion of Pennsylvania in 1863.

The work provides detailed narrative coverage of key events including the Maryland Campaign, the Battle of Antietam, and the climactic Battle of Gettysburg, interwoven with reports, observations, and reflections drawn from participants and wartime sources. As a publication produced during the war itself, it retains the tone and bias of the period, making it not only a valuable historical reference but also an important artifact of Civil War-era journalism and public sentiment.

Examples of this 1864 printing are increasingly difficult to locate, particularly in complete and well-preserved condition. The book stands as both a primary-source chronicle and a collectible piece of Civil War literature, highly desirable to collectors focused on Gettysburg, Confederate invasions of the North, and wartime imprints.

Inventory Number: HIS 302