GDG- Winter Stomp (The Rans Wrong Wright Tour)

[Eric J. Wittenberg]

Chuck,

With all due respect, as the party espousing a  novel theory that is  
contra to the traditional interpretation, the onus is on you to prove  
it.  That's how the scientific method works.

Your reaction is similar to that of someone else whom I shall not  
name, but simply saying "prove me wrong" doesn't cut it.

Eric

On Jan 1, 2007, at 11:25 AM, Chuck Teague wrote:

> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
>
>
> Let me seek to pose the issue in simple terms. In the bigger  
> picture, there
> are two points so strong that they would seem to be incontrovertible.
>
> First. the Confederate accounts from participants and observers are
> consistent that Wright's Brigade crossed the stone wall, breached  
> the Union
> line, and captured the Federal guns on the crest of the ridge.
>
> Second, the Federal accounts from those units to the south of the  
> Copse
> (Hall, Harrow, and Webb's Brigades) are consistent that the enemy  
> attack
> they faced was stopped clearly short of their line.
>
> If anyone can contradict these two basic points I would be most  
> interested
> in your evidence. Thank you.
>                    
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