The Hotchkiss map collection : Confederate Army maps / Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress

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Full Title:: The Hotchkiss map collection : Confederate Army maps / Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress

Variant Titles:: At head of title: American memory, Library of Congress
American memory : historical collections for the National Digital Library

Additional Author/Creators:: Hotchkiss, Jedediah, 1828-1899
Library of Congress. Geography and Map Division
Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program

Subjects:: United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps
Virginia--Maps
West Virginia--Maps

Table of Contents:: Collection home -- About this collection -- Features: -- Essays -- The Hotchkiss collection of Confederate maps / Clara LeGear -- The Hotchkiss maps in collection order.
Summary:: Contains cartographic items made by Major Jedediah Hotchkiss (1828-1899), a topographic engineer in the Confederate Army. Includes detailed battle maps, primarily of the Shenandoah Valley, some of which were used by the Generals Robert E. Lee and Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson for their combat planning and strategy. Also includes maps made or used by Hotchkiss during his post-war years, including maps with information about railroads, minerals and mining, geology and history, most of which focus on Virginia and West Virginia, but also cover other states and even the world.
Language:: English
Technical Note:: Mode of access: World Wide Web.
General Note:: Title from home page (viewed September 27, 2005).
At head of title: Library of Congress American Memory.
Offered as part of the American Memory online resource compiled by the National Digital Library Program of the Library of Congress.