The Virginias - A Mining, Industrial and Scientific Journal Devoted to Development of Virginia and West Virginia Vol. 5, 1884 Edited and Published by Jed Hotchkiss, Staunton, VA 202 pages, illustrated, indexed Requires Adobe Reader 5.0 or higher to View $9.99 + $1.99 shipping and handling http://cgi.ebay.com/The-Virginias-Mining-Journal-1884_W0QQitemZ130345788894QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item1e5936e5de Jedediah Hotchkiss (November 30, 1828 – January 17, 1899), also known as Jed, was an educator and the most famous cartographer and topographer of the American Civil War. His detailed and accurate maps of the Shenandoah Valley are credited by many as a principal factor in Confederate General Stonewall Jackson's victories in the Valley Campaign of 1862. After the war Hotchkiss was as successful as he was during the war. He accepted a part time teaching position at Augusta Female Seminary in Staunton and began surveying. He moved to Stanton and opened an engineering firm named "Jed Hotchkiss Mining and Consulting Engineer." Being so familiar with the geography of the state, he was able to steer lucrative foreign and Northern investments to the most appropriate places. He wrote extensively on geology in western Virginia andat one time controlled 60,000 acres of coal fields. Building a railroad to the fields and founding a town for the workers where some of his achievements. This volume includes examples of his civilian map work.