GDG- The Maps of Gettysburg, by Bradley Gottfried

[Alan D. Brunelle]

Hi Jim -

Is there some reason why Norton's account in "The Attack and Defense of 
Little Round Top" can't be taken seriously:

(pg. 265) "In a few moments the brigade arrived, with the regiments in 
the following order: Forty-fourth New York, Sixteenth Michigan, 
Eighty-third Pennsylvania, and Twentieth Maine."

He then goes on with the story about letting the 46 NY & 83 PA always 
fighting together, and letting the 16 MI pass on by. Seeing as this 
makes sense from the notion that the 16 MI ended up being right-most & 
the 20 ME being left-most and also it making the most sense to snake the 
brigade around the spur in the order they came - why hasn't this been 
taken as "gospel" in this regard?

Alan