GDG- Upcoming Visit

[Ron Chaplin]

Thanks, Alan.

Ron


On 9/21/07, Alan D. Brunelle <Alan.Brunelle at hp.com> wrote:
>
> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
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>
> Hi Ron -
>
> FYI: My son & I spent over 4.5 hours doing Jorgensen's tour in late July
> of this year (albeit with almost an hour wasted trying to find the Timber's
> foundation). There are a couple of somewhat difficult places to get to on
> the tour (Excursion B - Natural Rifle Pit, Excursion C - Captain Fuller
> Monument come to mind, as the thorns and undergrowth are pretty bad on the
> way). And with the work being done on the fencing in the past few years, you
> can't go from stops 17 to 18 directly - there's a Virginia/worm fence along
> the Wheatfield Road now. So after stop 17, plan on heading down to Ayre's
> Ave & do Excursion D, and then back to stops 19 & 18.
>
> Prior to that, I'd suggest going into the Rose Field area (west of stop
> #16) - there's a slight rise to the south and west that gives you a good
> view of the areas over which Kershaw's & Wofford's men advanced.
>
> I'm assuming you've read Jorgensen's book ("Gettysburg's Bloody
> Wheatfield") as that helps a lot in understanding what's going on. If you
> feel you have the time and inclination, reading Adelman & Smith's "Devil's
> Den: A History and Guide" is helpful as well: there are (slight)
> intersections between the works, but understanding that part of the battle
> gives you a better understanding of the interactions between the action
> there and what happened in the Wheatfield. If you have the time, walking
> along the old trolley path south of Brooke Avenue is a great way to see the
> back-side of the DD action as well as the terrain over which the
> Confederates attacked the southern end of the Wheatfield.
>
> One last note: it's also interesting to go almost due south from the 2nd
> NH monument in the Peach Orchard (along the Emmitsburg road) until you get
> near Rose's Run and looking east - it's another vantage point towards the
> Stony Hill, and is a great place to view what Kershaw's men saw eastwards
> towards the Stony Hill area; and then northwards towards the artillery line
> along the Wheatfield road in the Peach Orchard area.
>
> Regards,
> Alan
>
>
>
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