GDG- Best days at Gettysburg

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About 5 years ago, a friend and I were standing under an umbrella, in front  
of the Irish Brigade Monument, study a map from Gettysburg Day Two A  Study In 
Maps when a van drove by, pulled over and stopped. A gentleman got  out, 
trotted back to us in the rain, and introduced himself. Yep, it was John  
Imhof..........that was a pretty good day also. Ian Duncanson

In a  message dated 6/7/2008 5:38:54 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,   
rvn4fun at att.net writes:

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. 

Yes,  for many years the events in and near the Wheatfield were perhaps the   
most confusing in the Battle for me (even after having read Pfanz's  
masterful  
book),  But a couple years ago, walking and driving  the terrain with  
excellent maps and reference books at hand finally  gave me an understanding 
of  how 
the separate bits of terrain fit  together and how the various events linked  
up. 


Bruce   Trinque
Amston, CT


 



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