GDG- Re:Cushing spent the day yawning ...Ho-Hum!

[Robert Lawrence]

I don't know what ortunate is but I do know that despicable is uncalled
for and way out line.  

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<<From: gettysburg-bounces at arthes.com 
<<[mailto:gettysburg-bounces at arthes.com] On Behalf Of jack
<<Sent: Monday, January 01, 2007 3:05 AM
<<To: GDG
<<Subject: Re: GDG- Re:Cushing spent the day yawning ...Ho-Hum!
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<<Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
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<<
<<Greetings,
<<
<<On July 3rd, Cushing was shot. He died  1 1/2 hours later.
<<
<<I see nothing ortunate about that.
<<He saw little action on July 2nd.
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<<I would state that to imply anything else is despicable, but 
<<that would impugn the comity of the group.
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<<Cushing fired a few rounds on day two. Wrignt was South, way 
<<south, of Cushing that day. Period.
<<
<<Regards,
<<
<<Jack
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<<
<<
<<If chuck implied anythi
<<----- Original Message -----
<<From: <DShultz180 at aol.com>
<<To: <gettysburg at arthes.com>
<<Sent: Sunday, December 31, 2006 10:56 PM
<<Subject: GDG- Re:Cushing spent the day yawning ...Ho-Hum!
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<<> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
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<<>
<<>> <<Cushing spent the day yawning.>>
<<>>
<<> Hardly the situation. When Cushing [Woodruff and Arnold 
<<too] topped the 
<<> ridge
<<> that morning he was met with Confederate arty fire which 
<<was kept up on 
<<> and
<<> off until dusk (various rates). Unfortunately for Cushing, 
<<as it were, the
<<> enemy used the then not so famous coppice of trees, off his 
<<immediate left
<<> (front), to gain range. Fortunately for Cushing, however, 
<<as on July 3rd, 
<<> Confederate
<<> ordnance was it's usual inferior product. They had him 
<<zeroed but failed 
<<> to
<<> silence him. Again as July 3rd Hancock saw to it that the batteries 
<<> attached to
<<> his corps July 2nd supported his regiments then engaged to 
<<the front. 
<<> Cushing
<<> engaged on and off all day July 2nd firing over 300 rounds 
<<of various
<<> ammunitions. Nothing to, ho-hum, yawn about.
<<>
<<> What's unique about Cushing when Wright's line struck west 
<<of the trees is
<<> the fact Lieutenant George Dwight, 2nd Corps Ordnance 
<<Officer, was with 
<<> him [the
<<> battery] at that time. Dwight wrote a lengthy note to Hunt 
<<(on request) 
<<> about
<<> what occurred that day at that time mentioning only Brown's 
<<misfortunes.
<<> Other then suggesting he sent two of Cushings caissons to 
<<Gillette's 
<<> trains before
<<> the firing stopped not one word is mentioned of either 
<<Cushing and or
<<> Arnold's engagements [to a degree]. To him it was just 
<<another ... ho-hum 
<<> engagement
<<> as it were. I would imagine had either of those batteries 
<<been overrun 
<<> Dwight
<<> might have made note of it.
<<>
<<> Best ... yawn,
<<>
<<> Dave
<<>
<<>
<<>
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