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portada Stonewall's Prussian Mapmaker. The Journals of Captain Oscar Hinrichs
Type
Physical Book
Publisher
Author
Collection
Civil War America
Year
2014
Language
English
Pages
392
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
23.40 x 15.50 x 2.40 cm
ISBN13
9781469614342

Stonewall's Prussian Mapmaker. The Journals of Captain Oscar Hinrichs

Richard Brady Williams (Author) · The University of North Carolina Press · Hardcover

Stonewall's Prussian Mapmaker. The Journals of Captain Oscar Hinrichs - Richard Brady Williams

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Synopsis "Stonewall's Prussian Mapmaker. The Journals of Captain Oscar Hinrichs"

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 and Richard H. Anderson. Hinrichs's 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.

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 sympathisers, 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.

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