This map was drawn by Stonewall Jackson's map maker, Jed Hotchkiss while the Rebel Army was at Fredericksburg, in January 1863. The Blackford and Hotchkiss maps demonstrate the fact that General Lee planned the Battle of Gettysburg from almost the day he crossed the Potomac after Antietam.
About the author: Joe Ryan is a Los Angeles trial lawyer who has traveled the route of the Army of Northern Virginia, from Richmond to Gettysburg several times.
