GDG- RE: Pipe Creek

[jack]

I think the Hotchkiss map was a map that jackson had requestyed a year or so 
earlier, I know Lee used it and it was possibly updated. I have never seen 
the Hotchkiss map, though it is on my Bucket List. i have seen details 
though and it is truly a thing ofb beauty. the scale is about twice they 
show in the Atlas of the Civil War, probably because the real map is table 
sized.

I do not think that lee had a target for thr invasion any smaller than 
Pennsylvania. Lee was a soldier, and he knew the geograpy was against him. 
He just could not stray far from the valley, and he did not.

Regards,

Jack

From: "Tom Ryan" <pennmardel at mchsi.com>
To: "GDG" <gettysburg at arthes.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2008 1:01 PM
Subject: RE: GDG- RE: Pipe Creek


> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
>
>
> Regarding the previous posts about whether Lee was targeting Harrisburg
> during his 1862 campaign, it is interesting to note that, according to the
> mapmaker Jed Hotchkiss, in preparation for the 1863 campaign Lee 
> instructed
> him "to prepare a map of the Valley of Va. extended to Harrisburg, Pa., 
> and
> then on to Philadelphia...."
>
> If Hotchkiss' memory is accurate, this is a pretty good indication of 
> where
> Lee intended to go and what cities he was targeting.  As things turned 
> out,
> we know that Harrisburg was a definite target, while it is unclear whether
> he intended to continue on to Philadelphia once Harrisburg was secured.
>
> While there may not be evidence that Lee was targeting Harrisburg in 1862,
> one could surmise based on his 1863 strategy that it may well have been.
>
> Tom Ryan
>
>
> <<In 1862, Lee stated the primary objective of his first invasion of the
>> North was Harrisburg, the capital of the second largest state in the
>> Union and an extremely important rail (and canal) center linking the
>> eastern and western states of the Union. Even a short occupation of
>> Harrisburg would have had strategic consequences, perhaps equal to the
>> later capture of Atlanta by the Union.>>
>
> <<In early September 1862, Lee wrote a letter to Davis which included this
> statement: "Should the results of the expedition justify it, I propose to
> enter Pennsylvania...".However, Joe Harsh ("TAKEN AT THE FLOOD") makes it
> clear that Lee appears to be considering nothing more than entering
> Chambersburg area (extreme southern PA).
>
> There is myth promulgated by Brig Gen John Walker that during a meeting 
> with
> Lee at the onset of the Maryland Campaign, Lee stated "and march to this
> point" placing his finger at Harrisburg. "This is the object point of the
> campaign." Harsh does a superb job of de-bunking much of Walker's account 
> of
> that meeting.>>
>
>
>
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