GDG- The stone wall
Batrinque at aol.com
Batrinque at aol.com
Sun Jan 7 09:37:26 CST 2007
In a message dated 1/6/07 8:03:34 PM Pacific Standard Time,
cameron2 at optonline.net writes:
> Scott wouldn't have been witnessing this from the back of CH, since he was
> with the five companies of the 13th that were with Randall. In fact, he
> even said he was out ahead of the others when they reached the guns.
Scott wouldn't be the first Union veteran of Gettysburg to later explain how
he and his unit won the battle all by themselves by, uh, amplifying a couple
little details. (Confederate veterans had to confine themselves to later
explaining how they ALMOST won the battle by themselves, if only those cowardly
support units hadn't turned tail ...)
Bruce Trinque
Amston, CT
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