GDG- Bigelow's battery at the Trostle farm

[Philip Laino]

	I am mapping Bigelow's Massachusett's battery at the Trostle farm and 
could use some help from GDG'ers.

	Looking at the Friend's maps, Desjardin seems to show a worm fence 
leading from Trostle's Wood northward up to the house and barn. The 
Bachelder maps also seem to indicate this as being a worm fence. The 
Warren map is not very clear.

	Bigelow's letter to Bachelder (pg. 173 in the Bachelder papers) and 
his hand drawn map that is shown in Gettysyburg Magazine #5, pg. 69, 
both indicate a stone wall and not a fence. Pfanz and Eric Campbell (GM 
#5) both mention the stone wall as an impediment to Bigelow in 
withdrawing his guns.

	The horrific O'Sullivan photos of the Trostle farm (in GM #5, and also 
in Frassanito, Journey in Time) do not capture the fence/wall.

	The far right part of the modern day photo montage on page 70-71 of 
Campbell's GM article shows a worm fence with stones beneath it.

	Could it be that this 'structure' was, at the time of the battle, a 
wooden fence with stones underneath?

	Comments are welcomed.

	Phil Laino