GDG- The Maps of Gettysburg, by Bradley Gottfried

[Alan D. Brunelle]

cameron2 at optonline.net wrote:
> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
>
>
> << 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  >>
>
>
> I don't see it as a matter of not taking Norton seriously, or as gospel, so much as a case of Norton's version of what happened being only one part of the puzzle.
>
> I'd have to dig out my copy of Raver's article, since it's been quite a while since I've read it, and don't want to trust the specifics to memory.  But just one example of other factors to consider is the business of the 16th MI first deploying to the left of the 20th ME, before moving to the right of the brigade line.     
>   
Well, I guess I'll go dig up Raver's article to understand that - for my 
recent trip to the 'burg I had read Norton's account, and just figured 
since he was there, and in a great position to know what was happening, 
that it would be reasonable to just believe that. Thanks!

Alan