THE BATTLE ATLASHISTORY, IN MOTION.
A NEW PERSPECTIVE ON THE PAST
Walk the ground. Follow the battle.
See history from a different perspective.
Interactive battlefields. A growing atlas.
Explore the places behind the pages of history.
01 / THE COLLECTION
Start with Gettysburg.
More battlefields will join the atlas.
INTERACTIVE LANDSCAPEA view from the atlas
JULY 3, 1863 · PENNSYLVANIA, USA
The ground of Pickett’s Charge
Explore the ridges, farmsteads, and open fields of the assault sector in 3D. Move freely through a landscape built from elevation data and historical maps.
Explore the battlefield ↗Work in progress · Battle playback is not yet available.
Battle animations will appear here as they’re ready. You can explore our first interactive landscape now.
02 / OUR APPROACH
The Battle Atlas is a home for interactive battlefields and battle animations. Every project begins with a simple idea: geography helps history make sense.
Behind the maps ↓Ridges, roads, walls, and fields shape what happens. Explore the landscape before following the action.
Historical maps and research guide each reconstruction. Source notes explain what is documented and what is interpreted.
Look closer, change your perspective, and find your own way through the battlefield.
FROM THE ARCHIVE03 / BEHIND THE MAPS
The map featured here comes from the Warren survey of Gettysburg, surveyed in 1868–69 and later revised. It is a postbattle reference, interpreted alongside other evidence to reconstruct the earlier landscape.
Our Gettysburg study combines historical references with modern USGS elevation. Buildings, vegetation, and landscape details include reconstruction; the experience’s source notes explain the limits.
View the original at the Library of Congress ↗YOUR NEXT PERSPECTIVE