GDG- Maps of Gettysburg: Question over Caldwell's route

[Cooke1863]

Alan, 
You're right, that does look strange. The text for the map (p. 168)states that Caldwell is "marching rapidly from its former position on Cemetery Ridge." Perhaps the four bars of the division should have been placed slightly to the right, about where the road label is. Even at that, the brigades were probably not on a single line, with Zook being diverted from the rear of the division to the Stony Hill and Brooke as a reserve (as stated on p. 168). The succeeding maps in the series do present what appears to be a more accurate placement of the brigades in the bloody and confusing action in the Wheatfield. 
JC

-----Original Message-----
>From: "Alan D. Brunelle" <Alan.Brunelle at hp.com>
>Sent: Jul 17, 2007 1:54 PM
>To: GDG <gettysburg at arthes.com>
>Subject: GDG- Maps of Gettysburg: Question over Caldwell's route
>
>Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
>
>
>Received /my/ copy of the book yesterday - it does indeed look fabulous. 
>The first thing I looked into were the maps corresponding to the Peach 
>Orchard action, and then looked at the Wheatfield ones, and noticed 
>something that looked strange to me -
>
>I was under the impression that Caldwell took his division into the 
>Wheatfield from the northeast of that area (forming in Trostle's woods) 
>- yet on page 169 (map 17.3) it shows his division coming from the 
>/west/ via the Wheatfield road (looking like the division came down the 
>Emmitsburg Road and took a left onto the Wheatfield road).
>
>Has anybody any thoughts on this?
>
>Thanks,
>Alan
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