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Time and Tactics: Mapping Campaigns

■ Jedediah Hotchkiss Map: Shenandoah Valley■ The Washington Post Map: Arena of Campaigns■ Map and Questions for Close Reading: Sheridan’s Valley Campaign■ Map and Timeline: Sherman’s March to the Sea■ Map and Timeline: The March Beyond Savannah

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D etails. Communication in fine lines and shared symbols. Knowledge of actions, natural features of topography and troop movement. The mapmaker practices attention to details.

Major Jedediah Hotchkiss was a topographical engineer attached to General Stonewall Jackson’s staff. A New Yorker who began schools in Virginia, he was a self-taught cartographer. His maps are finely drawn and detailed as seen in the segment of his map of the Shenandoah Valley. His maps were significant aids to strategic planning for both Jackson and General Jubal Early.

The Civil War 150 timelines created by The Washington Post’s Gene Thorp are composed of dates and data, maps and narrative summaries of key events within each time frame, and illustrations. Thorp adds the additional qualities of accuracy, a passion for the Civil War and talent.

We have grouped segments from “The tide of war begins to turn” in order to focus on the campaigns of Sheridan and Sherman. Both are committed to stopping Confederate forces and demoralizing citizens of the South.

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Jedediah Hotchkiss

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3JEDEDIAH HOTCHKISS, THE HOTCHKISS MAP COLLECTION, LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY

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1. A casualty is a person killed or injured in a battle, war or accident. Compare and contrast the casualties of each battle and the total during the three highlighted actions during Sheridan’s Valley Campaign.

2. Read the map that indicates troop movement. What information is gained about Union and Confederate troops?

3. After studying the maps, read the narratives. What additional information does the writer provide?

4. In addition to maps and narratives, the timeline includes illustrations. Special artists were hired to “report” on the war. Carefully examine the details of the drawing accompanying Cedar Creek. What does the eyewitness communicate?

5. How many miles from Winchester to Waynesboro? Imagine 10,000 men on horseback moving up the valley. If you were embedded with this force, what five scenes would you sketch?

Sheridan’s Valley Campaign

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Sherman’s March to the Sea

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The March Beyond Savannah