GDG- Winter Stomp (The Rans Wrong Wright Tour)

[Laurence D. Schiller]

Chuck - equally incontrovertible - 1) The flag of the 48th GA was 
captured by troops to the south of the copse. 2) They were the left 
of Wright's brigade. 3) The only guns reported captured were Brown's.

Further, do we know which crest is indicated? The ridge runs all 
along the line. Remember we are talking about folks who haven't been 
on the ground they are trying to describe. You are assuming the real 
crest of CH, but can you be certain? Also, I'd like to see the 
sources on 'breached the Union line and clearly crossed the stone 
wall'. What wording is there precisely. Again, I'm no expert here, 
but I'd like to see just what is actually said.

So, chuck - how do you reconcile these 'incontrovertible' facts? How 
do troops to the south of the copse report fighting the Georgians but 
you suddenly have them flying up and around the right rear of the 
69th PA to capture batteries that no one reported captured? Your two 
points below cannot exclude the rest. Where do we go from here?

Best,

Laurie Schiller


>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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