Jedediah Hotchkiss Papers: A cartographer whose skills aided many Confederate victories, Jedediah Hotchkiss (1828–1899) was a native of Windsor, New York. Moving to Virginia in 1847, Hotchkiss earned his living as a schoolteacher. Despite a lack of formal training, Hotchkiss offered his services to the confederate army as a mapmaker shortly after the outbreak of the Civil War. In March 1862, Major General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson directed Hotchkiss to make a detailed map of the Shenandoah Valley from Harpers Ferry to Lexington. The resulting topographic map was instrumental to Jackson's success in the 1862 Valley Campaign. Maps produced by Hotchkiss additionally benefited Stonewall Jackson in all of his subsequent engagements, including Cedar Mountain, Second Bull Run (Second Manassas), Antietam (Sharpsburg), Fredericksburg, and Chancellorsville. Following Jackson's death in 1863, Hotchkiss continued to contribute maps used by Confederate army commanders Richard Ewell, Jubal Early, and Robert E. Lee. Having risen to the rank of major by the time of the surrender at Appomattox Court House, Jedediah Hotchkiss spent his later years as an engineer and a promoter of the development of Virginia's mineral resources. He wrote the Virginia volume of the Confederate Military History (1899), and many of his wartime maps were included in the Atlas of the War of the Rebellion. Links to samples below.
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Guide to the Jedediah Hotchkiss Papers
1896-1898 , "War Book," correspondence concerning Stonewall Jackson
Civil War Notes
2nd Battle of Manassas, 1862
Battle of Antietam
Battle of Cedar Run, 1862
Battle of Chancellorsville, 1863
Battle of Fredericksburg, 1862
Battle of Malvern Hill, 1862
Battle of McDowell
Cedar Creek, Battle of, 1864
Cedar Run and Pope's Campaign, Aug. 1862
Civil War Notes, 1861-1865 (1 of 4)
Civil War Notes, 1861-1865 (2 of 4)
Civil War Notes, 1861-1865 (3 of 4)
Civil War Notes, 1861-1865 (4 of 4)
Confederate officers, A-W
Confederate Veterans Association, Washington, D.C., text of speech, 1896, May
Confederate veterans, 1895-1896
Diaries, 1845-1899
1861 (miscellaneous fragments); Mar. 14-May 7; 1862, Oct. 6-19
1861, Dec. 14-31
1861, Dec. 9-1862, Mar. 31 (extracts)
1861, June 15-1862, May 16 (extracts)
1861, June 15-1862, May 24 (extracts)
1861, June 15-1865, Dec. 23 (extracts)
1861, June 26-Sept. 17
1862, Mar. 10-May 12 (extracts)
1862, Mar. 27-May 19 (extractsvariants)
1862, May 20-Dec. 16 (extracts)
1862, May 4-Dec. 14
1863, Apr. 29-Nov. 28 (extracts)
1863, Jan. 1-Nov. 28
1863, Oct. 24-1864, Apr. 30
1864, May 1-Dec. 23
1864, May-June (miscellaneous notes)
1864, Nov. 9-1865, May 8 (extracts)
Excerpts of Hotchkiss's war diaries transcribed in War of the Rebellion A Compilation of the Official Records... (1886)
Extracts of letters to John A. Harman, circa 1862
Family Correspondence, 1853-1903
Family Correspondence - 1861, June 27-1864, Dec. 30
Family Correspondence - 1861-1864
Family Correspondence - 1861
Family Correspondence - 1862
Family Correspondence - 1863
Family Correspondence - 1864-1865
Family Correspondence - 1885
Miscellany, 1854-1863
To Sara Anne Comfort Hotchkiss
From Manassas to Appomattox, review by James Longstreet
General Correspondence, 1846-1899
General Correspondence - Maps, lists and notes, undated
General Correspondence - Robert E. Lee
General Correspondence -1861
General Correspondence -1862
General Correspondence -1863
General Correspondence -1864
General Correspondence -1865
General Correspondence -1866
Leigh, Benjamin Watkins, undated
General orders, 1862-1864
Imboden, John D., 1862-1863
Invoices of engineer property and quartermaster reports, 1862-1863
Jackson, Stonewall, 1892
Jackson, Stonewall, staff officers, 1861 , 1893 (1 of 2)
Jackson, Stonewall, staff officers, 1861 , 1893 (2 of 2)
John W. Daniel on Earl's Campaign and Hunter McGuire on Stonewall Jackson, 1894
Letterbooks; 1861, June 27-1864, Dec. 30
List of battles fought in Virginia and West Virginia, 1861-1865
Map of battlefields, Civil War, undated
Map of battlefields, Civil War, undated
Maps and sketches, circa 1861-1865
Maps, miscellany; post-1865
Miscellaneous subjects; Civil War; Naval engagements
Miscellaneous subjects; Post Civil War (1 of 3)
Miscellaneous subjects; Post Civil War (2 of 3)
Miscellaneous subjects; Post Civil War (3 of 3)
Morning Reports and Returns, 1862
Newspaper clippings, circa 1855-1899
Newspaper Clippings - Antietam, Md
Newspaper Clippings - Appomattox, Va
Newspaper Clippings - Battle of Mannassas
Newspaper Clippings - Battle of McDowell
Newspaper Clippings - Cedar Mountain, Va
Newspaper Clippings - Chancellorsville, Va
Newspaper Clippings - Confederate veterans
Newspaper Clippings - Fredericksburg, Va
Newspaper Clippings - John S. Mosby
Newspaper Clippings - Jubal A. Early
Newspaper Clippings - Stonewall Jackson (1 of 2)
Newspaper Clippings - Stonewall Jackson (2 of 2)
Newspaper Clippings - Stonewall Jackson Staff Officers
Newspaper Clippings - Virginia Civil War Regiments
Newspaper clippings, circa 1855-1899 - Misc
Newspaper items concerning Stonewall Jackson Camp, United Confederate Veterans, Staunton, Va., 1893
Provision returns, 5th Regiment, Virginia Infantry, 1861
Report of Operations of the 2nd Corps. A. N. Va. and of the Army of the Valley District, 1864-1865
Stoneman's Raid, 1863, May
Supplemental Report on the Operations of the Army of the Valley District, ANV, 14 Nov. 1864-12 Apr. 1865
The Battle-Fields of Virginia. Chancellorsville... (1866)
Transcripts, Miscellaneous Civil War papers
Vol. 3 of Confederate Military History (1899)
Vol. 3 of Confederate Military History (1899) - Notes
Vol. 3 of Confederate Military History (1899) - Printed Copy
War Papers Digest of General Orders and Letters of General T. J. Jackson, 1861-1863
Writings by others; Allan, William
Writings by others; Bigelow, John
Writings by others; Blackford, Charles M
Writings by others; Boswell, James K
Writings by others; Henderson, G. F. R. (1 of 2)
Writings by others; Henderson, G. F. R. (2 of 2)
Writings by others; Royall, W. S. (Battle of Gettysburg)
Writings by others; Strout, Newton A
Writings by others; Waddell, J. Addison
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