GDG- Gettysburg Microhistories: Day 2

[Char & Charlie]

Before last years Muster I spent two week in the Burg.  My wife and I spent
4  full days walking that whole area.  As has been pointed out on this group
before, you really get an understanding and appreciation of what happened
there when you see the terrain on foot.  I took 1100 photos during those two
weeks and every several weeks I go thru them.  Walking and photographing the
walk is they best way to keep the memory of the place alive - even here in
California.  Those two books do a great job helping to organize your treks.
I think that the whole southern area of the battlefield have the best places
to just walk and imagine the sights and sounds of 144 years ago.

Look forward to taking the walks in Dean's new book around the Plum Run
area.  

Charlie
Somewhere in the USA
 


> -----Original Message-----
> From: gettysburg-bounces at arthes.com 
> [mailto:gettysburg-bounces at arthes.com] On Behalf Of Alan D. Brunelle
> Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 6:50 AM
> To: GDG
> Subject: GDG- Gettysburg Microhistories: Day 2
> 
> 
> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
> 
> 
> I've just finished reading some recently recommended books, and would 
> like to thank all of you that took the time to provide these 
> suggestions:
> 
> Devil's Den: A History and Guide by Garry E. Adelman and 
> Timothy H. Smith Gettysburgs Bloody Wheatfield by Jay 
> Jorgansen (I also purchased 
> Jorangansen's companion "The Wheatfield at Gettysburg: A 
> Walking Tour") Twilight at Little Round Top: July 2, 1863 The 
> Tide Turns at Gettysburg 
> by Glenn W. LaFantasia (the Norton book is on its way...)
> 
> As I've found is quite usual in this forum, the recommendations were 
> excellent! I really enjoyed all three, and besides the topics 
> at hand, 
> each have helped me to better understand the happenings in 
> the difficult 
> to handle intersecting parts of the battlefield - due to the overlap, 
> while reading about Little Round Top, you could see how 
> activity at the 
> area more formally covered in the Devil's Den impacted the actions on 
> LRT (and vice versa); and likewise the overlap with the area in the 
> woods separating the Den from the Wheatfield being covered in both of 
> the first two books helped me understand the flow in those 
> two regions 
> much better. (Where to draw the line when doing one of these 
> microhistories must be hard - where does the action at LRT 
> end, and the 
> Den begin? Same with the Den and Wheatfield, and so on, and so on...)
> 
> Having the walking tours for the Den and Wheatfield are very nice 
> additions as well: I'm planning on spending quite a lot of 
> time in this 
> area later this summer - I'm figuring out some way to combine 
> the tours 
> of these two with the tour provided by Schultz and Wieck in 
> their "The 
> Battle Between the Farm Lanes". (Probably most of a couple of days to 
> get in all three.)
> 
> When I had first asked for recommendations on Day 2 for this 
> part of the 
> field, Zack Fry had mentioned: 'R.L. Murray's superb work "E.P. 
> Alexander and the Artillery Action in the Peach Orchard"' I had then 
> queried as to whether this book covered the infantry action 
> as well, but 
> I didn't see any answers on that one. In any event, I've ordered that 
> one from Morningside Books.
> 
> If anybody out there has any other suggestions for works on the Peach 
> Orchard, and/or the activities of the 2nd New Hampshire in that area, 
> I'd appreciate it.
> 
> Thanks again,
> Alan
>                    
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