Description
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 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.
About the Author
Richard Brady Williams is an independent historian based in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. He is author of Chicago's Battery Boys: The Chicago Mercantile Battery in the Civil War's Western Theater.
Reviews
Educated, dedicated, articulate, and headstrong, [Oscar Hinrichs] left behind a record of his wartime experiences well worth reading." - Army History
"Williams has brought [Hinrichs] back to life through his vivid writings." - Civil War Times
"A treasure trove of detailed observation and candid insight." - The Civil War Round Table of the District of Columbia
"An indispensable source for studying the Army of Northern Virginia from the Peninsula campaign until the end of the war." - The Civil War Monitor
Book Information
ISBN 9781469659107
Author Richard Brady Williams
Format Paperback
Page Count 392
Imprint The University of North Carolina Press
Publisher The University of North Carolina Press
Weight(grams) 333g
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.
About the Author
Richard Brady Williams is an independent historian based in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. He is author of Chicago's Battery Boys: The Chicago Mercantile Battery in the Civil War's Western Theater.
Reviews
Educated, dedicated, articulate, and headstrong, [Oscar Hinrichs] left behind a record of his wartime experiences well worth reading." - Army History
"Williams has brought [Hinrichs] back to life through his vivid writings." - Civil War Times
"A treasure trove of detailed observation and candid insight." - The Civil War Round Table of the District of Columbia
"An indispensable source for studying the Army of Northern Virginia from the Peninsula campaign until the end of the war." - The Civil War Monitor
Book Information
ISBN 9781469659107
Author Richard Brady Williams
Format Paperback
Page Count 392
Imprint The University of North Carolina Press
Publisher The University of North Carolina Press
Weight(grams) 333g
