Jedediah Hotchkiss
Jedediah Hotchkiss (born November 30, 1828 in Windsor , Broome County , New York , † January 17, 1899 in Staunton , Virginia ) was an American cartographer and major in the Confederate Army .
Life
Hotchkiss was a teacher and came from New York, but moved to Virginia in the Shenandoah Valley , where he taught privately from 1847 and opened a school, the Mossy Creek Academy , in 1854 . In addition, he earned something as a geologist and mining specialist, he had acquired this knowledge in self-study.
Civil war
After the outbreak of the civil war , he offered himself to the Confederate side in June 1861 and supported the army, initially without officially joining it. Because he had excellent local knowledge, he was accepted into the staff of General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson and served as captain and chief cartographer in his Stonewall Brigade and later his corps.
After Jackson's death he remained in the Confederate Army and surrendered a few days after the defeat of Lee's Northern Virginia Army at Appomattox as a member of General Lomax's division with the Tennessee Army of Joseph E. Johnston on April 26, 1865. Most recently, he had holds the rank of major. In 1881 he was elected a member of the American Philosophical Society .
meaning
The precise maps produced by Hotchkiss contributed in large part to the success of Jackson's Shenandoah campaign of 1862 and were also very useful to Jubal Early during his march on Washington in 1864.
After the war, Ulysses S. Grant agreed with Hotchkiss that his cards could also be used by the Union for a fee. Hotchkiss remained in personal possession of his plans and maps.
Aftermath
- The borough of Hotchkiss , West Virginia bears his name.
- His birthplace, Jedediah Hotchkiss House in Windsor, New York is listed on the National Register of Historic Places .
- His home in Staunton, Virginia is also on the National Register of Historic Places.
Individual evidence
- ^ Peter W. Roper: Jedediah Hotchkiss: rebel mapmaker and Virginia businessman, White Mane Pub. Co., 1992, ISBN 0-9425-9726-5 , p. 3
- ^ Peter A. Brown: Mosby's fighting parson: the life and times of Sam Chapman, Heritage Books, 2001, ISBN 1-5854-9668-5 , p. 31.
- ^ Peter A. Brown: Mosby's fighting parson: the life and times of Sam Chapman , p. 37
- ^ Peter W. Roper: Jedediah Hotchkiss: rebel mapmaker and Virginia businessman , p. 82
- ^ Member History: Jedediah Hotchkiss. American Philosophical Society, accessed October 3, 2018 .
- ↑ Peter W. Roper: Jedediah Hotchkiss: rebel mapmaker and Virginia businessman, pp. 90f
literature
- Peter W. Roper: Jedediah Hotchkiss: rebel mapmaker and Virginia businessman, White Mane Pub. Co., 1992, ISBN 0-9425-9726-5
- Jedediah Hotchkiss: Make Me a Map of the Valley: The Civil War Journal of Stonewall Jackson's Topographer. (Archie P. MacDonald editor), Southern Methodist University Press, Dallas, 1988, ISBN 0-8707-4270-1
- Chester Hearn, Mike Marino: Civil War Battles: The Maps of Jedediah Hotchkiss, Thunder Bay Press, 2009, ISBN 1-5922-3952-8
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hotchkiss, Jedediah |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American cartographer, major in the Confederate Army |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 30, 1828 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Windsor , New York |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 17, 1899 |
| Place of death | Staunton , Virginia |