John B. Bachelder

John Badger Bachelder
John B. Bachelder and his wife Elizabeth at the Gettysburg battlefield in 1888.[1]
Born	(1825-09-29)September 29, 1825 Gilmanton, New Hampshire
Died	December 22, 1894(1894-12-22) (aged 69) Hyde Park, Massachusetts
Place of burial	Nottingham, New Hampshire
Allegiance	United States of America Union
Service / branch	Union Army
Rank	Civilian combat artist
Battles / wars	American Civil War
Other work	historian, portrait and landscape painter, lithographer, and photographer

John Badger Bachelder (September 29, 1825 – December 22, 1894) was a portrait and landscape painter, lithographer, and photographer, but best known as the preeminent 19th-century historian of the Battle of Gettysburg in the American Civil War. He was a dominant factor in the preservation and memorialization of the Gettysburg Battlefield in the latter part of the century.