GDG- Oates Monument

[JIM COOKE]

I don't know if the DE and MD monuments will be moved. There will still be a parking lot in that vicinity, even after the old structures are removed, to allow visitors easier walking access to the cemetery.
JC
----- Original Message -----
From: jack <jlawrence at kc.rr.com>
To: GDG <gettysburg at arthes.com>
Sent: Wed, 13 Feb 2008 13:10:17 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Re: GDG- Oates Monument

Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:


The Maryland monument was put in at a time when the park superintendant of 
th era had decreed that all future monuments were to be placed in that area. 
Many try to put their mark on Gettsburg; most who do so mar it at best.

Regards,

Regards,
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Huddleston" <huddleston.r at comcast.net>
To: "'GDG'" <gettysburg at arthes.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2007 11:14 AM
Subject: RE: GDG- Oates Monument


> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
>
>
> Of course there is the beautiful MD monument, dedicated the both sides,
> sitting the parking lot, a long way from where any Marylanders would have
> been. BTW, is it going to be moved when the VC is finished?
>
> Take care,
>
> Bob
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: gettysburg-bounces at arthes.com [mailto:gettysburg-bounces at arthes.com]
> On Behalf Of Michael Schaefer
> Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2007 9:19 AM
> To: gettysburg at arthes.com
> Subject: Re: GDG- Oates Monument
>
> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
>
>
> <If I'm not mistaken, isn't there a moratorium on placing new monuments?
>
> Eileen Murphy
> Bristow, VA>
>
> Eileen is absolutely correct.  The only "new" monuments allowed are ones
> that were already approved but never erected for some reason (ie lack of
> funds).  The Oates monument was never approved by the Battlefield 
> Commission
> IIRC.
>
> <IIRC, Bachelder's rule was the monuments had to be where the regiment
> started, rather than where it ended, so any Oates monument had to be on
> Confederate Avenue. Rebels claimed this was Yankee bias, to prevent 
> Southern
> veterans from showing how far forward they got, which is probably true. It
> probably prevented ex-AoP types from pulling their Springfields off the 
> wall
> and returning to Gettysburg so defend *their* interpretation of what
> happened.
>
> Take care,
>
> Bob>
>
> This is generally correct, although there are examples of where the
> Commission didn't follow their "rule" of placing monuments at the unit's
> starting point; ie 2nd MD on Culp's Hill, all the Federal monuments on
> Brooke Ave, and the Armistead marker at the Angle.
>
> Mike Schaefer
>
>
>
>
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