GDG- RE: Winter Stomp

[kgolf77 at hotmail.com]

Actually....in a letter to his wife, Wright discussed the ground......or 
rough ground that they crossed in getting to the AOP line on Cemetery Ridge.
He talks at length about how it seemed like a hill and as this letter was 
read to us by John Archer while we walked the route that Wrights brigade 
came in, it was abundantly clear that he was describing the rought ground 
that is south of the copse.

Taking someone's guess as to what they "think" happened and using an 
incorrect map does not constitute evidence.
Having first hand accounts of those that were there does.
The only first hand accounts are those which clearly place them south of the 
copse.

Respectfully,
Karl


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Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2006 12:14:39 -0400
From: "Chuck Teague" <chaplain.chuck at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: GDG- RE: Winter Stomp
To: GDG <gettysburg at arthes.com>
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>What is the evidence that Wright's boys struck North of the trees? Mike


The evidence is strong but has usually been missed or ignored by  historians
writing after 1930. However, the Comte de Paris recognized it in doing his
early history and the 1895 GBMA map also has Wright striking north of the
Copse. In studying over 50 histories of the battle, I have found
it intriguing to discover how they depict what happened in such quite
different ways.

The conundrum faced by those who argue that Wright was headed south of the
Copse is that the Federal accounts in that sector are unanimous that the
Rebels advancing there were stopped short of the Cemetery Ridge line, and
certainly well short of the actual crest of the ridge. Yet the accounts of
the Rebels are consistent that they crossed the stone wall, made it to the
very crest of the ridge, and there briefly captured the guns of at least two
batteries.  Curiously, the Georgians were also consistent in explaining that
they were not actually repulsed, but surrounded and forced to flee. However,
what the Floridians from Perry's Brigade described fits hand-in-hand with
what the men from Gibbon's Division explained.

I'd be glad to explain this in detail if this is the choice of what would be
done at the Winter Stomp. Being on the ground is crucial to understanding
what happened. Explaining it by e-mail, however, gets confusing.

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