"Jackson's map of the valley" Topic

Is it know if a copy of this map is available at all ?
The map is said to be 8 foot long & detailed.

Buff

This one?
loc.gov/item/99446754

When the books mention his map maker and this map I imagined something like what you see in books showing his movements. I never imagined something this detailed and large. I wonder what kind of map Banks had if any.

Jackson set Hotchkiss to the task of making a very detailed map for his operations in the Valley. There's a book about Hotchkiss and his efforts. Nothing like having accurate maps!

Very interesting map. I also found a less detailed Shenandoah map on the same site drawn later by Hotchkiss at loc.gov/item/99448345/
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Like Panzerfaust, I'm also curious about what maps the Union had at the time. I did a quick search on the LoC site looking under US Corps of Engineers but couldn't find anything.

There are a good set of maps of northern Virginia that were done by McDowell's staff early in 1862.

link

The more I look at the original map by Hotchkiss the more interesting I find it. This interest has been aided, in part, by later maps drawn by Hotchkiss.

Here's one interesting example concerning Cross Keys.

On the original map, the actual village is not marked like others: the village exists where the map shows UNION CH[urch] and is located across the road junctions in that area. There is, in capitals near the Flory farm (hamlet?), the words CROSS KEYS (which are in what appears to be a different pen) so it looks like Hotchkiss may have added it later after the battle had occurred. [This anomaly does not seem to occur elsewhere on the original map.]
The later map drawn on the Battle of Cross Keys battlefields.org/learn/maps/cross-keys-june-8-1862-jedediah-hotchkiss shows the village of Cross Keys accurately and details vegetation and unit positions during the battle. I like the way Hotchkiss uses two lines (one thick and one thin) to show the facing of infantry units.

I'm also interested by the attention Hotchkiss gives to the actual names of the occupants of individual buildings. I'm guessing that this was done (rather than simply showing a 'dot' on the map to represent a building) because Jackson and his officers may well have known the individuals.