Hi all! As most of you know, I am an archivist/librarian and this just came to me from a list I belong to for archivists. Below is a press release from the National Archives about a new online map collection. Hope this helps someone! Erin Bradford eabradfo@yahoo.com List moderator Barringer, Black, Bradford, Coventry, Eller, Hackett, Hupp, Kern, Wilder-North http://www.gendepository.com (The Genealogy Depository) -----------------Press Release---------------------- Library of Congress Makes Confederate Maps Available Online: A collection of Civil War era maps, many of which were used by Gen. Robert E. Lee and Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson, is now available from the Library of Congress (LC) online at http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/maps/hotchkiss/. The maps that are deposited in the LC's Geography and Map Division collection were obtained from Mrs. R.E. Christian, the granddaughter of Maj. Jedediah Hotchkiss (1828-1899), who served as a topographic engineer in the Confederate Army. "The Hotchkiss Map Collection" contains cartographic items by Hotchkiss, who made detailed battle maps, primarily of the Shenandoah Valley. Some of these maps were used by Gens. Lee and Jackson for their combat planning and strategy. Several of them have annotations of various military officers, demonstrating their importance in the military campaigns. Most of the collection focuses on Virginia and West Virginia, but they also cover other states and even other countries around the world. In its entirety, the collection consists of 341 sketchbooks, manuscripts and annotated printed maps. This online presentation includes all the materials in the Hotchkiss Map Collection, some of which also appear in the complementary American Memory collection "Civil War Maps, 1861-1865" at http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/civil_war_maps/. Erin Bradford eabradfo@yahoo.com List manager http://www.ncalhn.org ALHN County Coordinator for multiple NC Counties http://www.gendepository.com (the Genealogy Depository-Barringer, Black, Bradford, Coventry, Eller, Hackett, Hupp, and Kern)