GDG- Blue&Gray

[James Cameron]

<< The VETERANS had it right after all.  >>

In this case, I think they did.   And none of them complained about the 1st 
VT monument being in the wrong place when it was dedicated, or, said 
anything about being promised that it would be moved some time in the 
future.

Andie Custer makes a case which may sound convincing, at first impression. 
But she bases too much of it on some very poorly supported contentions about 
the monuments being in the wrong places, and, where she things they would 
have been if properly located.  Frankly, before I buy the entire cavalry 
action on the southern end of the field being wrongly located, by not only 
the veterans but the GBMA, the War Department, the NPS, and pretty much 
every other historian and student of the battle, for all these years, I 
think she needs to make a much stronger case than she has thus far.

Another factor to consider is that the farther from BRT one moves the 
location of Farnsworth's Charge, the longer it takes for the Confederate 
infantry to get from BRT to the point at which they were able to fire on 
Farnsworth's men.  Farnsworth and his men took only just so long to ride 
from where they started, to where they came under fire from the AL troops. 
Move the charge too far away from BRT, and the infantry has too much ground 
to cover.  It isn't simply a matter of moving the monument line, and 
shifting the battle action to match.  The time and distance factors must 
also be considered.

im Cameron