GDG- Gettysburg The second day

[James Cameron]

<< I suggest, that being that time is the one thing the GDG has a limitless
supply of, that we start a discussion of this book. Perhaps a week or two
for each chapter. Who would like to start us off by leading the discussion
on Chapter 1?  >>

Even before getting to Chapter 1, the Preface contains one of the most 
pertinent statements to be found in any work on the battle.

"In attempting to understand and describe a particular action, I was 
reminded often of the void that exists in military matters between my 
generation of soldiers and that of the Civil War.  Their methods and 
mind-sets are rather beyond the reach of our full understanding.  Even when 
they described their doings in detail, (and more often than not they assumed 
that such descriptions were unnecessary and did not give them), it is hard 
to understand and appreciate what they were describing.  A reader of Civil 
War literature should keep this gap in mind."

Jim Cameron