GDG- Inquiring Minds: the term 'fish hook'

[huddleston.r at comcast.net]

I seem to recall contemporary accounts referring it to a horseshoe. Perhaps the change came with the auto ago of the 20th Century.

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> When did the term 'fish hook' first appear in print as a description of the 
> Federal battleline at Gettysburg?
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