Antique Civil War Rare Hotchkiss Maps: Gen.Wharton's Div.:Washington DC Jul 1864

Description: Original AntiqueJ. Hotchkiss Civil War Rare Miniature MapsPosition of Wharton's DivisionnearWashington DCJuly 12th, 1864&PurcellvilleJuly 16th, 1864****Own a bit of American Civil War historyin these rare2.0" x 1.8" & 2.0" x 1.5"antique maps on archivally mounted on an acid free 5" x 4" black cardstock *** Gen Gabriel Colvin Wharton (1824-1906)Brigadier General, Confederate States Army, Virginia State Legislator. He was born in Culpeper City, Virginia, and attended the Virginia Military Institute where he graduated 2nd in the class of 1847. He joined Lieutenant General Jubal A. Early in Maryland, seeing action at Monocacy and on the Becoming a civil engineer, he went to the Southwest where he invested in mining and worked in western New Mexico Territory. Upon returning to Virginia, he enlisted in the 45th Virginia Infantry and was elected Major in July 1861. In 1864 he joined Lieutenant General Jubal A. Early in Maryland, seeing action at Monocacy and on the outskirts of Washington D.C. He was given divisional command and helped Early, in autumn 1864, oppose Union Major General Philip H. Sheridan at Winchester, Cedar Creek, and Fisher's Hill****Map18 shows Wharton' s Division (Smith, Forsberg & Patton Brigades) by the Bachelor and Dr. Taylor House on the road to Washington.Map 19 shows his division just south of Purcellville at the crossroads going north to Leesburg and west to Harper's Ferry.These maps are Sketches Nos. 45 & 46By Capt. Jed Hotchkiss of the Second Corps, A.N.V., and of the Army of the Valley Dist. of the Department of Northern VA. Jedediah Hotchkiss (1828-1899) Hotchkiss was one of the Civil War’s most famous topographic engineers. His accurate maps played a central role in the success of numerous Confederate victories, both in the Shenandoah Valley and elsewhere. Born in Windsor, New York, Hotchkiss moved to Page County, in the Shenandoah Valley, in 1847. Shortly after the Civil War began, Hotchkiss enlisted in the Confederate army, siding with his adopted state. Although he had no formal cartography training, Hotchkiss had a reputation for mapmaking and topography, something he had taught himself as a hobby. These skills quickly became known and Hotchkiss was soon put to good use by the Confederacy. Hotchkiss’s knowledge of the terrain and his attention to detail gave Confederate commanders a huge advantage over their Union adversaries, who had little knowledge of the area and very poor maps. Hotchkiss participated in numerous campaigns and battles, including the 1862 Shenandoah Valley Campaign, Second Manassas, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, the Overland Campaign, the 1864 Shenandoah Valley Campaign (including Cedar Creek) and many others. Throughout his service Hotchkiss created hundreds of maps and charts, most of which are now preserved in the Library of Congress. These maps are the original, antique maps Nos.18 & 19 (not reproductions) from a section from Plate LXXXIV (84) from the "Atlas to Accompany the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies" Commissioned by Resolution of Congress May 19, 1864,in accordance to serve as the official historical record of the war.(It was published between 1891-1895) The atlas from which this map was taken still remains the definitive source of Civil War information available. The Atlas was never publicly sold but exclusively distributed to federal depositories, universities, museums and various public institutions until they were withdrawn from these institutions and entered the public domain years later. The map comes from the larger folio plate LXXXIVand a title square introducing the miniature map nos.12-36 by Capt. Jed Hotchkiss (shown in photos for documentation only but not part of sale) This map isa great addition to any collection ofAntiquesMapsCivil War History/Research or forFamily/Ancestral Research

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