Antique Civil War Hotchkiss Map: Skirmish after Winchester Withdrawal 8-10-1864 for Sale

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Antique Civil War Hotchkiss Map: Skirmish after Winchester Withdrawal 8-10-1864 :
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Original AntiqueJ. Hotchkiss Civil WarRareMiniature Map1.7\" x 1.9\"Skirmish on Berryville RoadAug.10,1864****Own a bit of American Civil War historyin this rareantique maparchivally mounted on an acid free5.0\" 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 instructedUnion Major General Philip H. Sheridan to attack Early driving him out of theShenandoah Valley.
Gen. Early pulled out of Winchester, Virginia, as Union General Philip Sheridan approaches the city. Wary of his new enemy , Early moved away to avoid an immediate conflict. Sheridan had been appointed on August 1 to command the Army of the Shenandoah, and he was quick to take action when he arrived on the scene. On August 10, 1864, he marched his force toward Winchester. Early was alarmed, and pulled out of the city on August 11th to a more defensible position 20 miles south of Winchester.****The map shows Gen. Early’s position beforeleaving Winchester. The Wharton Division (includingthe Col. Patton and Capt. Smith brigades) were positioned on the Berryville Road just below Spout Springs and Opequon Creek along with King\'s and Chapman\'s Artillery. Further north on the Berryville Road across the creek the 30th Virginia skirmishedwith Union forces in the afternoon Aug.10, 1864.
****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 theBecoming 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****Colonel George Patton Sr. (1833 -1864)Thirty-one year-old Virginia Military Institute graduate Colonel George Smith Patton led his regiment, the 22nd Virginia, at the Third Battle of Winchester where he was mortally wounded. He died six days later in Winchester and was buried in the town. His son became the first mayor of San Marino, California, and his son, the colonel\'s grandson, became General George S. Patton, of World War II fame.
Capt. James Power Smith (1837-1923)Smith served as an assistant inspector general on the staff of General Wharton. Smith saw action as an artilleryman at the following: First Manassas, Kernstown, McDowell, Winchester, Port Republic, First Cold Harbor, Cedar Run, and Second Manassas. As a staff officer he participated at Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Mine Run, Wilderness, Spotsylvania, North Anna River, Winchester, and Waynesboro. He was wounded twice.
This map isSketch No.49byCapt. Jed Hotchkiss of the Second Corps, A.N.V., and of the Army of theValley Dist. of the Department of Northern VA.
Jedediah Hotchkiss (1828-1899)Hotchkisswas 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 map is the original, antique map No.23 (not a reproduction)from a section fromPlate 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 titlesquareintroducing theminiature map nos.12-36 by Capt. Jed Hotchkiss(shown in photos for documentation onlybutnot part of sale)
This map isa great addition to any collection ofAntiquesMapsCivil War History/Researchor forFamily/Ancestral Research