Jedediah Hotchkiss: Rebel Mapmaker and Virginia Businessman - Hardcover

Roper, Peter

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0942597265 ISBN 13: 9780942597264

Publisher: White Mane Publishing Company, 1992

Synopsis

This is the first complete portrayal of Hotchkiss set against the era in which he lived. This biography demonstrates how Confederate staffs actually functioned, giving new insight into the true nature of Southern military, leadership.

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According to his family, a biography of Hotchkiss, Civil War cartographer and tireless booster of his adopted state, Virginia, is long overdue. Ultimately, the reader will be left to wonder if perhaps the story could have waited longer to be told. Hotchkiss's surveyor's eye, detailed, meticulous mapmaking, and devotion to Stonewall Jackson and the Southern cause contributed greatly to whatever successes the Confederacy managed. In later years, his promotion of Virginia's wealth and promise earned him respect (albeit little money) both in the United States and abroad. Hotchkiss's many contributions notwithstanding, Roper spins a dull tale. Ten years in the making and scrupulously researched, this is nonetheless clumsily written, awkwardly organized, and laden with irrelevant detail. Maps from the Hotchkiss collection housed in the Library of Congress do manage to enhance the stilted narrative, but this is still not recommended.
-Nancy L. Whitfield, Meriden P.L., Ct.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Edition details

• Publisher: White Mane Publishing Company
• Publication date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0942597265
• ISBN 13: 9780942597264
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 314