Stonewall's Prussian Mapmaker The Journals of Captain Oscar Hinrichs |
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| Editor:
| Williams, Richard Brady |
| Foreword by:
| Krick, Robert K. |
| Series title: | Civil War America Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4696-1434-2 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2014 |
| Publisher: | University of North Carolina Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $49.95 |
Book Description:
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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...
More DescriptionPrussian-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.