GDG- Lurkers-What do you find most confusing about the Battle?

[CHAR & CHARLIE]

Hi Jim,
The 2006 Muster I attended and stayed for two weeks had Wayne scheduled for 
a Wheatfield tour and then something happened with GDG and Wayne and it got 
canceled.  I was really disappointed as everyone has said that Wayne's tours 
were the best.
Well, I am retired and we just travel full time so I do have time on my 
hands.  We were going to the East coast this year but now that it is costing 
me over $600 to fill up the diesel tank in my motorhome - we have decided to 
stay out west.   These fuel prices have killed the RV industry!

Charlie Eyster
http://rving4fun.blogspot.com/

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Lamason" <jlamason at verizon.net>
To: "'GDG'" <gettysburg at arthes.com>
Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2008 1:01 PM
Subject: RE: GDG- Lurkers-What do you find most confusing about the Battle?


> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
>
>
>
> Hi Charlie,
>
> I have been with Col Wayne Wachsmuth in the Wheatfield and then one of the
> other LBGs.(I think it was Jim Harshaw!?!?).
> They both set me straight. Yes the answer is to stop reading the other 
> books
> LOL!
>
> But yes those two help immensely. Wayne btw, his favorite saying is "The
> GROUND DRIVES THE BATTLE!".. And I try to remember that every time I visit
> there.
> In the case of the Wheatfield it is true..
>
> I have used all of those books plus Sam Toombs book on New Jersey at
> Gettysburg. I am still trying to figure out what for me at least is one of
> the mysteries of the battle, where oh where was the 8th NJ when their 
> colors
> got caught in a tree. That's where they suffered the most of their
> casualties.
>
> Ah yes, what I would give for a week let alone TWO WEEKS at Gettysburg. I 
> am
> jealous.
>
> JIM LAMASON
> Middlesex New Jersey
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gettysburg-bounces at arthes.com [mailto:gettysburg-bounces at arthes.com]
> On Behalf Of CHAR & CHARLIE
> Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2008 2:29 PM
> To: GDG
> Subject: Re: GDG- Lurkers-What do you find most confusing about the 
> Battle?
>
> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
>
>
> Hi Allen, I had the following stuff with me - a full small back pack and a
> wonderful wife who eagerly joined me.  I stayed at the Burg for two weeks 
> so
>
> I did the same thing most of the days at different parts of the 
> battlefield.
>
> Jay Jordensen - "Bloody Wheatfield"
> Harry Pranz - "Gettysburg the second day"
> Garry Adelman - "Devil: Den"
> Gettysburg Monuments - a field guide
> Gettysburg Then & Now - photos then and now
> FNPG's booklet #1 - "Lt Fisher and the 10th US Inf"  walking tour
> FNPG's day two map
> Gettysburg Magazine article on "Anderson attacks the Wheatfield"
> Article on "Kershaw's Brigade at the Rose Farm"
> And copies of all of the Gettysburg Magazine's maps that I have been 
> putting
>
> into a binder of maps of the battle
> 1 Cannon 30D digital camera/1 Sony digital camera resulting in over 200
> pictures that day.  Including a great shot of the large tree that fell 
> south
>
> of the stone wall.
>
> One of the best parts of walking a certain area for an extended period of
> time is the people you bump into and the conversations that result. 
> Another
>
> thing that stood out is how many drive thru the area at 25 mph and never
> slow down or get out of the car to even read the plaques or monuments. 
> But
> they will go home and say that they were there.    I guess they at one end
> of the spectrum and we are on the other!
>
> Charlie Eyster
> http://rving4fun.blogspot.com/
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Alan D. Brunelle" <Alan.Brunelle at pobox.com>
> To: "GDG" <gettysburg at arthes.com>
> Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2008 6:28 AM
> Subject: Re: GDG- Lurkers-What do you find most confusing about the 
> Battle?
>
>
>> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
>>
>>
>> CHAR & CHARLIE wrote:
>>> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
>>>
>>>
>>> One of my best days at Gettysburg was the day that I spent 8 hours
>>> walking the entire Wheatfield area with three books on that part of the
>>> battle.  It really helped with understanding the confusing events of the
>>> afternoon of the July 2nd.  The best part was getting the sense of the
>>> terrain with all the ups and downs of the area - nothing is flat there.
>>> Finding the area of the famous confederate death scene photos of
>>> Sullivan's after the battle, and the marker for Capt. Fuller  in the
>>> woods, the site of Col Jeffords struggle, the view of the Rose farm and
>>> just imagining the sound of mini balls ricocheting off of the walls -
>>> all made for a great day.
>>>
>>> Charlie Eyster
>> Good morning Charlie,
>>
>> A curious mind would like to know: /which/ three books?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Alan
>>
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