================================================ MAPS-L ** MAPS-L ** MAPS-L ** MAPS-L ** MAPS-L ================================================ Subject: Library of Congress: Hotchkiss Map Collection Online Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 From: Wishard, Lisa A <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: Laura Gottesman [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 9:05 AM To: Laura Gottesman Subject: [DIGLIB] Library of Congress: Hotchkiss Map Collection Online Please excuse any cross-postings: The Library of Congress's Geography and Map Division is pleased to announce the release of a new American Memory collection: "The Hotchkiss Map Collection: Confederate Army Maps" < http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/maps/hotchkiss/ >. The Hotchkiss Map Collection contains cartographic items made by Major Jedediah Hotchkiss (1828-1899), a topographic engineer in the Confederate Army. Hotchkiss made 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. Several of the maps have annotations of various military officers, demonstrating their importance in the military campaigns. The collection 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. The collection consists of 341 sketchbooks, manuscripts, and annotated printed maps, the originals of which reside in the Library of Congress' Geography and Map Division. This online presentation includes all the materials in the Hotchkiss Map Collection, some of which also appear in the American Memory collection: "Civil War Maps, 1861-1865" < http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/civil_war_maps/ >. Please direct any questions about this collection to the Library of Congress's Geography and Map Division: < http://www.loc.gov/rr/askalib/ask-geogmap2.html >. Laura Gottesman Reference Specialist The Library of Congress