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

[Batrinque at aol.com]

In a message dated 7/17/2007 1:57:09 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
Alan.Brunelle at hp.com writes:

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?




I don't think Gottfried is depicting Caldwell as having come along the  
Emmitsburg Road.  In his accompanying text on page 168, Gottfried states  that 
Caldwell's division had marched rapidly from its earlier position on  Cemetery 
Ridge. so apparently his march (not shown) was across the fields from  the 
northeast.  But it does look to me that the map in question depicts  Caldwell's 
division as being deployed at least a few hundred yards too far west  along the 
Wheatfield Road.  I think it would be better shown with  Caldwell's western 
flank instead being at about the point where Map 17.3 shows  the eastern flank.  
(I checked Imhof's maps of Caldwell's approach and such  a change would be 
consistent with what Imhof shows.)  

Bruce  Trinque
Amston, CT




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