GDG- LURKERS UNITE or Day 2 thread

[Alan D. Brunelle]

Richard M Kadas wrote:
> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
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> Do you have any thoughts as to how badly the Union arty was affected by Confederate sniping?
>   Dick
Hi Dick -

Bigelow noted that he mentioned the Confederate sharpshooter problem to 
McGilvery when he asked to retire by prolong. But that was /relatively/ 
late in the process. When Kershaw won the Stony Hill area at first, and 
the 2nd SC & parts of the 3rd SC (btn) came towards that direction 
(after getting blasted by the Union artillery along the Wheatfield 
Road), those troops /did/ start sniping at Bigelow. Bigelow noted he 
used some cannister against them. I don't recall offhand how badly 
Bigelow was affected initially by them, and certainly its hard to figure 
it out time-wise due to the chaos that was going on. Certainly the 
Confederates once they were in the thumb near the Stony Hill would have 
been in (longish?) range - it's a matter of how much they were kept back 
by the Union troops in the woods north of the Wheatfield Road.

Regards,
Alan