GDG- 4th PA Cav on July 2

[Eric J. Wittenberg]

I think you're correct, Jim.  A single regiment was far too small of a  
force for the job anyway.  Other than to try to make itself useful,  
there wasn't much they could do.

Eric

On Jul 21, 2008, at 3:22 PM, cameron2 at optimum.net wrote:

> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
>
>
> << Have you read my article on this very topic that was in issue 37 of
> Gettysburg Magazine?  My research indicated that the 4th PA did not
> arrive until just before Longstreet launched his assault, which would
> be sometime between 3 and 4 in the afternoon.  By then, it was far too
> little, far too late.
>
> Here's what I wrote: "Gregg sent the 4th Pennsylvania Cavalry.  Its
> numbers were insufficient to cover the entire flank, and it is unclear
> when these men arrived in the area.  The Pennsylvania horse soldiers
> had come to Gettysburg by way of Hanover after an all-night march, and
> they were exhausted.  By the time they arrived, it was too little, too
> late, as Longstreet was about to unleash his sledgehammer blow on the
> Army of the Potomac's left flank. >>
>
> My sense of the matter is that once the attack was in progress, the  
> area was not a very good place for a cavalry regiment to be.  The  
> regiment was probably in the position of trying to make itself  
> useful around the periphery without getting clobbered in the process.
>
> Of course, I'll defer to Eric as to what they actually did.    :)
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