GDG- 59th New York at the Wall

[Jack Kelly]

Oh, sorry, I neglected to mention the source.  The Gettysburg magazine Issue 
#39 (the newest issue).

Regards,

Jack Kelly


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard M Kadas" <rkadas at sbcglobal.net>
To: "GDG" <gettysburg at arthes.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2008 1:43 PM
Subject: Re: GDG- 59th New York at the Wall


> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
>
>
> Reading your summary of Zach Fry's piece on tht 59th of NY's stand at the 
> wall made me want to read it also. Could you please share the reference as 
> other Lurkers might share my interest.
>  Dick
>
> Jack Kelly <jmkelly at norwoodlight.com> wrote:
>  Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
>
>
> Greetings,
>
> Just finished Zach Fry's analysis of the 59th NY's stand at the wall on 
> July 2nd and 3rd. I must admit that I originally felt that the 59th did 
> indeed collapse during the PPT Charge, but he has changed my mind with his 
> excellent article. The gap between the right flank of the 59th NY and the 
> left flank of the 69th PA (at "Brown's Gate") is the critical point in his 
> analysis. No experienced infantryman would position himself in a gap in 
> the stone wall, especially when there is artillery firing canister 
> directly behind him, so I am sure that the boys in the 59th NY 
> instinctively moved to their left to gain the cover of the intact stone 
> wall. When the Confederates poured through the Brown's Gate gap, the 
> natural thing for experienced infantrymen to do would be to refuse their 
> line, which Zach points out.
> Cowan's description of men running through his battery has always puzzled 
> me, but Zach points out an interesting fact; G and K companies of the 69th 
> PA were in front of at least one of Cowan's guns (a very nasty place to 
> be) and were taking casualties from Cowan's "friendly" fire. You bet that 
> I'd bail out of that position real fast, and regroup somewhere back of the 
> battery. I think that some of the lads in G and K of the 69th did exactly 
> that, as evidenced by Cowan's testimony.
> Good job, Zach.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jack Kelly
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