Jedediah Hotchkiss

[Jim Klag]

November 30, 1828 - Jedediah Hotchkiss, American topographer and cartographer, born in Windsor, New York (d. 1899)

Jedediah Hotchkiss

Jed Hotchkiss was born on November 30, 1828, into a prominent New York family. His great-grandfather founded the town of Windsor and his mother was Lydia...

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[Jim Klag]

Jedediah Hotchkiss (1828–1899) - Encyclopedia Virginia

Jedediah Hotchkiss and Family Jedediah Hotchkiss was born November 30, 1828, in Windsor, New York. His father was a farmer but appreciated Jedediah’s studious bent enough to enroll him at Windsor Academy. Young Hotchkiss was fascinated with geography and geology, and after graduation in 1846 he...

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[Jim Klag]

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[diane]

Make me a map! Hotchkiss almost bit the dust with Stonewall after Chancellorsville - he was in the general's group when the brigade opened fire.

 

[jgoodguy]

Maps are very useful in war, more useful than guns or men when there are none.

Jedediah Hotchkiss - Wikipedia

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Near the end of June, 1861, Hotchkiss signed on as a Confederate teamster to take supplies to the Churchville Cavalry at Rich Mountain, West Virginia. Hotchkiss offered his services as a mapmaker to Brig. Gen. Richard B. Garnett, whose Confederate brigade was operating in western Virginia. Hotchkiss served at Rich Mountain and created maps for General Robert E. Lee's planned campaign in the mountains. He took a brief medical leave after being stricken with typhoid fever, but returned to duty in March 1862 as chief topographical engineer of the Valley District, reporting to Maj. Gen. Stonewall Jackson.[3] On March 26, 1862, Jackson summoned Hotchkiss to his headquarters and directed him to "make me a map of the Valley, from Harper's Ferry to Lexington, showing all the points of offence and defence [sic] in those places."

The Shenandoah Valley had never been mapped in detail before. Running 150 miles in length and 25 miles wide, it was a daunting task, but Hotchkiss accepted the assignment, and worked on the map for the remainder of the war. In order to accommodate his large scale of 1:80,000, he glued together three portions of tracing linen to form a large single map of 7 feet by 3 feet.[4]

 

[diane]

That's a great post, JGG. It explains what Jackson was asking when he said, "Make me a map."

 

[5fish]

Maps of the civil war... It will give you a thought...

37 maps that explain the American Civil War

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2 maps that show the Civil War really was about slavery

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