Prussian-born cartographer Oscar Hinrichs was a key member of Stonewall Jackson's staff; collaborated on maps with Jedediah Hotchkiss; and worked alongside such prominent Confederate leaders as Joe Johnston; Richard H. Anderson; and Jubal Early. After being smuggled along the Rebel Secret Line in southern Maryland by John Surratt Sr.; his wife Mary; and other Confederate sympathizers; Hinrichs saw action in key campaigns from the Shenandoah Valley and Antietam to Gettysburg; Petersburg; and Appomattox. After the Confederate surrender; Hinrichs was arrested alongside his friend Henry Kyd Douglas and imprisoned under suspicion of having played a role in the Booth conspiracy; though the charges were later dropped.Hinrichs's detailed wartime journals; published here for the first time; shed new light on mapmaking as a tool of war; illuminate Stonewall Jackson's notoriously superior strategic and tactical use of terrain; and offer unique perspectives on the lives of common soldiers; staff officers; and commanders in Lee's army. Impressively comprehensive; Hinrichs's writings constitute a valuable and revelatory primary source from the Civil War era.
#9271353 in Books 2011-11-15Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.00 x 1.01 x 6.00l; 1.30 #File Name: 1467049050404 pages
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