GDG- Time Line for Gettysburg Day Two

[Char & Charlie]

Bruce,  how will your book be different than John Gray's book 'Custer's Last
Campaign?  Granted the maps are limited but the time-motion charts are very
detailed.

Charlie
Somewhere in the USA
 


> -----Original Message-----
> From: gettysburg-bounces at arthes.com 
> [mailto:gettysburg-bounces at arthes.com] On Behalf Of Batrinque at aol.com
> Sent: Friday, March 30, 2007 4:31 AM
> To: gettysburg at arthes.com
> Subject: Re: GDG- Time Line for Gettysburg Day Two
> 
> 
> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
> 
> 
> In a message dated 3/29/07 9:55:47 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
> cameron2 at optonline.net writes:
> 
> > No.  Time references in various accounts can vary so 
> widely, due both 
> > to
> > differing perceptions and, the fact this was well before 
> standardized times, 
> > that establishing accurate clock times for specific events 
> can be very 
> > difficult.  To me, the sequence and relationship of events 
> is more important than 
> > exactly what time they took place.
> > 
> 
> A timeline for these same events is imposed by the (animated) 
> maps of the 
> Gettysburg Expedition Guide from TravelBrains on CD.  As to 
> how accurate that 
> reconstruction is ... well, you pays your money and you takes 
> your chances.
> 
> I very much like the notion of doing such detailed 
> time-distance studies (the 
> heart of my hopefully one of these days forthcoming book on 
> the Little Big 
> Horn is a lengthy spreadsheet-based time-distance study with 
> increments of 
> motion of one-tenth mile and maps mostly at five-minute 
> intervals); carefully done, 
> they may not be proof of what actually happened, but they can 
> certainly point 
> out what could not have happened (by forcing you to recognize 
> that sufficient 
> time between events was necessary for movement from here to 
> there or that 
> someone could not have been in two places at once).
> 
> Bruce Trinque
> Amston, CT
> 
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