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

Book Overview

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 sympathizers, Hinrichs saw action in key campaigns from the Shenandoah Valley...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1469659107
• ISBN13: 9781469659107
• Release Date: February 2020
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"