James D. Hutton
James Dempsey Hutton (c. 1828–1868) was an artist, surveyor, cartographer and early photographer active in Montana, Wyoming, South Dakota and North Dakota in the years before the American Civil War. He served as an engineer in the Confederate States Army in that conflict, and died in exile in Mexico in 1868.[1]
Early life and California
Hutton was the middle son of James Hutton (d. 1843) of Washington, D.C. and his wife, the former Salome Rich, sister of bibliographer
Raynolds Expedition
On April 22, 1859, James Hutton was appointed as topographer at a salary of $120 a month with the
Civil War and exile
At the outbreak of the Civil War, Hutton was again resident in Washington, D.C., where he worked as a cartographer.[11] Hutton joined the Confederacy early in the war, delivering the Federal plans for the defense of Alexandria, Virginia to the South.[8] He served as an engineer under Generals Henry A. Wise and Sterling Price. His sketch of the Battle of Pilot Knob on September 27, 1864, survives. At the end of the war, he emigrated to Mexico, where he died in 1868.[8]
The Manuscripts Department of the
Notes
- ^ a b Palmquist and Kailborn 2000, p. 316–317
- ^ Palmquist and Kailborn 2000, p. 316
- ^ Waters, Willard O., "Brief Memoir", in Hutton's Glances at California
- ^ Wellfleet and Beyond
- ^ Sandweiss 2004, p. 132
- ^ Palmquest and Kailborn 2000, p. 25
- ^ Sandweiss 2004, p. 134
- ^ a b c Palmquist and Kailborn 2000, p. 317
- ^ Mattison, Ray H. (1955). "The First Fifty Years – Early Exploration". History and Culture. National Park Service. Retrieved June 15, 2014.
- ISBN 978-0826350978. Retrieved July 13, 2014.
- ^ Baltimore Architectural Foundation, "Nathaniel Henry Hutton"
- ^ Huntington Library, Manuscripts Department, Drawings of James D. Hutton
References
- Baltimore Architecture Foundation (19 October 2007). "Nathaniel Henry Hutton". Retrieved 23 April 2009.
- "California As I Saw It: First-Person Narratives of California's Early Years, 1849–1900". Library of Congress: American Memory. Retrieved 18 April 2009.
- Hutton, William Rich (1942). "Glances at California 1847–1853 ... with a brief memoir and notes by Willard O. Waters". Library of Congress: American Memory. Retrieved 18 April 2009.
- Huntington Library, Manuscripts Department. "James D. Hutton Drawings 1847–1860". Retrieved 25 April 2009.
- Palmquist, Peter E. and Thomas R. Kailbourn (2000). Pioneer photographers of the far west: a biographical dictionary, 1840–1865. Stanford University Press. ISBN 0-8047-3883-1. Retrieved 25 April 2009.
- Sandweiss, Martha A. (2004). Print the Legend: Photography and the American West. Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-10315-8. Retrieved 25 April 2009.
