GDG- Buford's Feint Fact or Myth

[Margaret Rock]

JD

I am surprised to hear that Hancock witnessed the maneuver.  I guess I was 
always under the impression that Hancock never left CH July 1.  Did he?  Or 
was he able to see what happened from CH?

Margaret
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard M Kadas" <rkadas at sbcglobal.net>
To: "GDG" <gettysburg at arthes.com>
Sent: Sunday, July 23, 2006 11:31 AM
Subject: RE: GDG- Buford's Feint Fact or Myth


> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
>
>
> Hi JD,
>  Thanks for the 'Feint" answer. When I posed the question, I had hoped for 
> a response from either you or Eric. Your scholarship in cavalry matter in 
> general and GB in particular gives me confidence in accepting the reports 
> of the first day feint by Gamble's bgde. as gospel. Thanks again, for 
> corroborating one of the most fantastic stories in U.S. military history.
>  Dick
>
> "J. David Petruzzi" <jaydee at pennswoods.net> wrote:
>  Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
>
>
> Hi Dick,
>
> I do definitely believe it, and always talk about it and show the 
> locations
> of the event on my tours. There are corroborating comments about the event
> actually taking place by both Hancock (who, in witnessing it, described it
> as one of the most beautiful military maneuvers he had ever seen) as well 
> as
> Buford's signal officer Lt. Aaron B. Jerome.
>
> J.D.
>
>
>
>>>Does this august body believe that on July 1, 1863 in the late afternoon
> around 16:00 hours that Col. Wm. Gamble's command pulled back from their
> skirmish line on Seminary ridge behind a stone wall to feint a cavalry
> charge. And, that their bluff was so effective that it caused Lane's Bgde 
> of
> Penders Division to deploy into a hollow square formation. This event 
> seems
> to have occurred as Lane's unit crossed the fairfield road into the open
> farm fields South of it. This feint reputedly bought additional time for 
> the
> union line South of the Seminary to withdraw.
> This great story is one I have read about in several reputable places but
> have always wondered about since it is such a great story. My primary 
> source
> is an article by Gary Kross in Blue and Gray Magazines Special Gettysburg
> Issue, 1995. Is this story fact or one of the many great GB stories which
> sound amazing but won't stand up under examination?
> Thanks,
> Dick>>
>
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