Antique Civil War Rare Hotchkiss Maps: Battle Lines at Fisher's Hill Aug.13,1864

Description: Original AntiqueJ. Hotchkiss Civil War Rare Miniature MapsBattle Lines at Fisher's Hill, VA (WV) Aug.13,1864****Own a bit of American Civil War historyin these rareantique maps archivally mounted on an acid free 5.0" x 3.5" black cardstock ***Union Commander Gen. U. S. Grant was disgusted that Confederate Gen. Jubal Early had become a distraction marching down the Shenandoah Valley into Maryland and threatening Washington. He instructed Union Major General Philip H. Sheridan to attack Early driving him from the near impregnably position of Fisher's Hill and out of the Shenandoah Valley.Fisher’s Hill, just south of Strasburg, was recognized as a defensive key to the lower Valley during the Civil War. Massanutten Mountain stood to the east, while Little North Mountain rose to the west. Those two ridges narrowed the Valley, and the steep slopes of Fisher’s Hill stood roughly in the middle. The hill had a sharp northward-facing slope and a small creek, Tumbling Run, traversing the ground to the north. Gen. Early discovering Sheridan's plans positioned his seasoned divisions under the command of Generals Gordon, Wharton and McCausland to defend Fisher's Hill.Maps Nos. 28 & 29 show in great detail the line positions of these divisions during the day of Aug. 13th, 1864.***John McCausland(1836 - 1927) Brigadier-General John McCausland, one of the most conspicuous figures in the warfare in the valley of the Shenandoah and on the borders of Virginia, held important Confederate commands, and gained a national reputation as a brilliant leader and persistent fighter.In July 1864, McCausland's regiment took part in Confederate Maj. Gen. Jubal Early's invasion of Maryland and Pennsylvania where McCausland extorted a ransom of $25,000 from the citizens of Hagerstown, Maryland. Under orders, his forces later burned the town of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania after its citizens were unable to produce a $600,000 ransom.The incident followed McCausland through the rest of his long life, forcing him to leave the country for a time after the surrender at Appomattox, and becoming the headline of his many obituaries in 1927. He was the last surviving confederate general of Civil War. 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****John Brown Gordon (1820-1888)Though he had no prior military training or experience prior to the Civil War, John Brown Gordon became one of the most successful commanders in Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. He began his Confederate service as a totally untrained captain of the “Raccoon Roughs,” a company of mountain men from Georgia and Alabama, Gordon was elevated to Colonel of the 6th Alabama in April 1862, just before serious campaigning began on the Peninsula. By 1864 as a major general he was in command of one half of Confederate general Robert E. Lee’s army. His spectacular rise and career were unmatched in the history of the Army of Northern Virginia and are even more remarkable considering his relative youth; he was only thirty-three years old when he led the army in its formal surrender at Appomattox, Virginia. These maps are Sketchs Nos.54 & 55By 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. The maps are the original, antique maps No.28 & 29 (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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