This vintage postcard features a colorful image of the National Museum in Gettysburg. Reverse has typed print that reads, “NATIONAL MUSEUM, GETTYSBURG, PENNA. THIS FREE NATIONAL MUSEUM CONTAINS THE LARGEST COLLECTION OF WAR RELICS ON THE BATTLEFIELD. IT IS CENTRALLY LOCATED NEAR THE NATIONAL CEMETERY GATE, WITHIN SIGHT OF THE SPOT WHERE LINCOLN DELIVERED HIS FAMOUS GETTYSBURG ADDRESS.” It was signed in July 1938 during the 75th anniversary of the battle and reunion of veterans, and reads, “90 YRS. 7 MD. COLORED, JOHN H. BARTON, 520 BASIN ST. HARRISBURG, PA.”.

John H. Barton enlisted on November 15, 1864 as a Private and was mustered into Co. “H”, 7^th Infantry US Colored Troops. He was discharged on November 15, 1865. The 7th United States Colored Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the Civil War. The regiment was composed of African American enlisted men commanded by white officers and was authorized by the Bureau of Colored Troops which was created by the United States War Department on May 22, 1863.

This is from private Gettysburg collection of Emily Rosensteel (Mrs. George D. Rosensteel). Emily married George Rosensteel, nephew to John H. Rosensteel, who lived through the three days of fighting in Gettysburg. John was also the founder of the well-known Rosensteel Collection; his nephew George, an avid relic collector himself, later built his own National Museum in Gettysburg. The Rosensteel relic collection was later passed down to their daughter, Angela, who in 1941 married Larry Eckert. Eckert worked in his father-in-law's museum and operated the famed Electric Map until the property was sold to the U.S. government in 1972.

Post card is in very good condition with no chips or tears. Card has yellowed with age. [sm]

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