Emmor Cope

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Emmor Bradley [1] Cope
Born(1834-07-23)July 23, 1834
East Bradford Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, US [2]
DiedMay 28, 1927(1927-05-28) (aged 92)
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, US
Interment 39°49′13″N77°13′49″W / 39.820391°N 77.230196°W / 39.820391; -77.230196
Allegiance Flag of the United States (1861-1863).svg United States
Service/branch Flag of the United States Army.svg Union Army
Years of serviceJune 4, 1861 - June 26, 1865 [2]
(Sergeant: June 10, 1861;
artillery Corporal: April 1862;
commissioned April 25, 1864;
Capt of Engineers: April 20, 1864) [3]
Rank Union army maj rank insignia.jpg Major: February 9, 1865
Union Army LTC rank insignia.png (Bvt Lt Col: June 26, 1865) [3]
Battles26
Other work1861: machinist, Copesville, PA
1893 July: Topographic Engineer [2]
Chief of Engineers, GNPC
1st Superintendent, GNMP

1927: oldest US Civil Service employee [4]

Emmor Cope was an American Civil War officer of the Union Army noted for the "Map of the Battlefield of Gettysburg from the original survey made August to October, 1863", [5] which he researched by horseback as a sergeant [6] after being ordered back to Gettysburg by Maj. Gen. George G. Meade. [7] Cope is also noted for commemorative era battlefield administration and designs, including the layout of the 1913 Gettysburg reunion. Cope had enlisted as a Private of Company A, [8] [2] (First Pennsylvania Reserves), [9] temporarily detached to Battery C, 5th U.S. Artillery, [3] and mustered out as a V Corps aide-de-camp of Maj Gen Gouverneur K. Warren.

On July 17, 1893, [10] Cope was appointed the Topographical Engineer of the Gettysburg National Park Commission [11] (established for "ascertaining the extent of... the trolley") [12] and oversaw the 1893-5 battlefield survey [13] with benchmark at the Gettysburg center square. [10] :7 By 1904, [10] :103 Cope was the first park superintendent, and, after the commission became defunct in March 1922 when the last commissioner died, became the battlefield head [2] through the remainder of the commemorative era of the Gettysburg National Military Park.

Cope's designs include structures (e.g., the original park "gateway"), [14] [2] markers (1908 GNMP bronze tablet/granite monolith), [15] buildings (the 1903 Roller and Storage Building), [16] roads (Cross, Brooke, and De Trobriand avenues), [17] and the observation tower at Gettysburg and Valley Forge. He oversaw the development of post-war maps drawn by GNPC cartographer Schuyler A. Hammond, as well as a 14 ft (4.3 m) wooden relief map of the battlefield by J. C. Wierman for the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition [10] :98 (on display at the Gettysburg Museum and Visitor Center).

Emmor Cope is buried with his wife along the outside of the Gettysburg National Cemetery fence near the New York State Memorial, [18] and had a daughter and son: Jean Wible [19] and John B. Cope (1877-1903). [20]

Cope's 1996 biography is If You Seek His Monument- Look Around: E.B. Cope and the Gettysburg National Military Park. [21]

Designs

Over 40 historic district contributing structures were designed by Emmor Cope, including:

External image
Searchtool.svg 1904 Gettysburg relief map by Cope

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