GDG- Re: Cushing and Arnold were not overrun!

[Batrinque at aol.com]

In a message dated 1/7/07 12:16:53 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
chaplain.chuck at gmail.com writes:

> There are also accounts that indicate Wright established a lodgment on the
> ridge, something many now seem reluctant to admit. One Georgian claimed they
> had carried the enemy's position. A letter from another written after the
> battle describes their battle flag being planted among the captured guns.
> Doubleday said Wright *"attained the crest."* Another referenced their
> success, another their apparent victory. A Yankee observer described
> Wright as having "*become established on the crest."*  Several on both sides
> talk about Wright having severed the Yankee line.
> 
> Any proper interpretation of the action must weigh seriously all these
> accounts.
> 

In studying Day 3 you will find numerous reports from Pettigrew's brigades 
that they broke the Union defensive line north of the Angle, etc.  Upon sober 
reflection, it appears that they did no such thing.  But in the confusion of 
battle and in their ignorance of the realities of the Union defenses, Pettigrew's 
men were undoubtedly sincere in their belief.  Is it not possible, even 
probable, that Right's units' experience was similar?

Bruce Trinque
Amston, CT