Description

PUBLICATION DETAILS: Chicago, Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1885.  18”h x 14 ½”w.  48 pages of text, 58 illustrations (mostly residences) and 21 of 22 hand-colored maps (lacking the “Geological Map”).
 
CONTENTS

SOLD. Annuals of Augusta County.  Virginia. By Joseph A Wadell (1825-1914).Pages 5-29.
 
The Physiography of Augusta County, Virginia. . By b Jed. Hotchkiss. Pages 30-48.
 
“Map of the United States”, double-page, lower corners chipped into neat lines.  Imprint is “Rand, McNally & Co.” SOLD
 
Twenty maps by Jedediah Hotchkiss, dated 1884 or 1885.
 
“Virginia and West Virginia”, double-page, lower right corner chipped well away from neat line, centerfold partially separated.
 
“Map of Augusta County”, folding map, fold partially separated.
 
Plus six double-page magisterial district maps, a double-page “Map of the City of Staunton”, and 11 other town plans.
 
HOTCHKISS: One of the most famous mapmakers of the Civil War was Major Jedediah Hotchkiss, (1827-1899) a topographical engineer on Confederate General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson’s staff.  Some historians believe that Hotchkiss’ accurate maps ensured the success of Jackson’s 1862 Valley Campaign. Born in New York in 1828, Hotchkiss moved to the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia in 1847 where he earned his living as a schoolteacher.  He supplemented his income as a mining geologist and, although never formally trained, as a cartographer, by making maps such as these. In 1861 he began his military career drawing maps for Confederate General Robert Garnett in western Virginia.  In 1862, he became a member of Jackson’s staff. 
 
—-CONDITION: Some sheets loose.  Boards badly worn, spine loose at the top, some pages chipped. Most maps in excellent condition.  Needs rebinding.
 
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