GDG- Super Moon

[Ron Chaplin]

I think that Lee and Jackson would have made the attack regardless of how
bright the moon was.

On 10/26/07, Richard M Kadas <rkadas at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
>
>
> How would Jackson have known that a unusually bright moon would occur on
> the night in question? Can it be assumed that planning for the attack was
> made in expectation of an unusuallty bright moon and little or no cloud
> cover. Is there any scientific substantiation of the claim of extraordinary
> lynar brightness or proof that it occurred on the night in question?.
> Without this type of data the story appears to be nothing more than another
> ACW myth.
> Dick
>
> John Imhof <john1863 at alltel.net> wrote:
> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
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>
> I hate to break in on a subject that is only slightly related to
> Gettysburg,
> But have any of you ever heard about the "Super Moon" that supposedly
> occurred on May 2, 1862?
> The theory, backed by some science is that Jackson launched his night
> attack
> because of an extraordinarily bright moon.
> Now my point....I think I saw it tonight. The moon is so bright in Elk
> County that I could walk virtually anywhere with no illumination. Maybe
> the
> theory is correct.....
>
> John
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> Subject: Re: GDG- Gettysburg National Military Park Roads Project Begins
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> > Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
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> >
> > Speaking of Gettysburg roads being resurfaced, I noticed that Brooke and
> > DeTrobriand Avenues were not in the best of shape when I was there last
> > weekend. I did not see them on the repaving list. Since they are less
> > travelled, perhaps they are saving them for another time.
> >
> > Eileen Murphy
> > Bristow, VA
> >
> > -------------- Original message --------------
> > From: "Robert Lawrence"
> >
> >> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
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> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> National Park Service
> >>
> >> U.S. Department of the Gettysburg 97 Taneytown Road
> >> Interior National Military Gettysburg, PA 17325
> >> Park
> >> 717/334-1124 phone
> >> 717/ 334-1891 fax
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Gettysburg National Military Park News Release
> >>
> >> For Release: October 24, 2007
> >> Contact: Katie Lawhon
> >> Phone: 717/ 334-1124 x452
> >>
> >>
> >> Gettysburg National Military Park Roads Project Begins
> >>
> >>
> >> Work has begun this week on a $ 2.2 million roads project on the
> >> Gettysburg
> >>
> >> battlefield, according to the National Park Service. The Federal Lands
> >>
> >> Highway Program has funded the repaving project on nineteen historic
> >> roads
> >>
> >> in Gettysburg National Military Park and the repair of the Reynolds
> >> Avenue
> >>
> >> bridge over the railroad tracks. Puente Construction from Woodbury, New
> >>
> >> Jersey, is the contractor, with two local subcontractors working with
> >> them,
> >>
> >> including CS Davidson, Inc. and Kinsley Construction.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Contractors began pavement sealing and repaving on the following roads,
> >> and
> >>
> >> will continue for the next three weeks, weather permitting: Colgrove
> >>
> >> Avenue, Carmen Avenue, Slocum Avenue, Culpâ?Ts Hill Tower Road, Hunt
> >> Avenue,
> >>
> >> Sedgwick Avenue, Wheatfield Road, Crawford Avenue, South Sickles
> Avenue,
> >>
> >> and Ayers Avenue. Temporary closures may be necessary on some of these
> >>
> >> roads but will not exceed three to five days on each road. In the event
> >> of
> >>
> >> temporary road closures , these roads will be open on weekends.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> In March 2008, a second group of park roads will be treated and
> repaved,
> >>
> >> weather permitting, including: Reynolds Avenue, Wadsworth Avenue,
> >> Doubleday
> >>
> >> Avenue, Robinson Avenue, Seminary Avenue, South Confederate Avenue,
> >>
> >> Bennerâ?Ts Hill Road, Berdan Avenue, and National Cemetery Drive. Once
> >> again,
> >>
> >> temporary closures may be necessary on some of these roads but will not
> >>
> >> exceed three to five days on each road. Roads will be open on the
> >> weekends.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> The project also includes total replacement of the Reynolds Avenue
> Bridge
> >>
> >> in the northwest section of the Gettysburg battlefield, beginning in
> >>
> >> January 2008. Weather permitting, construction may take up to three
> >> months.
> >>
> >> Because of the difficulties and expense involved in keeping the bridge
> >> open
> >>
> >> to traffic throughout the project, the National Park Service is
> >> considering
> >>
> >> a temporary closure of the bridge during construction. A final decision
> >> on
> >>
> >> this possible bridge closure will be made closer to the January start
> >> date.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> For more information contact the Gettysburg National Military Park
> Public
> >>
> >> Affairs Office at (717) 334-1124 x452. or visit the park web site at
> >>
> >> www.nps.gov/gett
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> -NPS-
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