# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jedediah-hotchkiss
# Generated: 2026-08-15T00:24:45.161Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jedediah-hotchkiss"
name: "Jedediah Hotchkiss"
slug: "jedediah-hotchkiss"
description: "Jedediah Hotchkiss was an American Confederate Army officer, cartographer, topographer and teacher. 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 during the American Civil War."
tagline: "Confederate Army officer cartographer, and topographer (1828–1899)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jedediah_Hotchkiss.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1828-11-30"
deathDate: "1899-01-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.94
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.147157333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     25
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jedediah_Hotchkiss"
    title: "Jedediah Hotchkiss"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jedediah_Hotchkiss"
    title: "Jedediah Hotchkiss"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jedediah_Hotchkiss"
    title: "Jedediah Hotchkiss"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%87%D0%BA%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%81%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%8F"
    title: "Хотчкисс, Джедедия"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1686137"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump