GDG- Best days at Gettysburg

[Dave and Deb Ward]

My best day (Days) in Gettysburg was for the 135th Reenactment. If I had not had surgery 1 1/2 years before, I would not have been there. I would not have been able to walk into where the camp was. I sure as hel would not have been able to walk out to the car at the end of the event.

Dave Ward
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Kathy Meacham<mailto:ladygarnett at lycos.com> 
  To: GDG<mailto:gettysburg at arthes.com> 
  Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2008 4:42 PM
  Subject: GDG- Best days at Gettysburg


  Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:



  I have been fortunate enough to have had many wonderful days on the field,

  but perhaps one of my most special was a Picket's Charge walk with Wayne Motts,

  just the two of us, focusing on my beloved Richard B. (Gen. Richard Brooke Garnett).

  We drove out to the bivouac site, discussed the possible approaches of Garnett's Brigade

  to the field, getting into position, and suffering through the cannonade.  We then walked

  from Garnett's step-off position to near the base of the stone wall, talking about the

  advance, the general's death, Armistead's brief breach of the Union position, and the

  end of the Charge.  We then walked back across that now serene field, contemplating

  all we had "seen."  The very ground seemed to resonate, and the experience stays

  with me still.

   

  Regards,

  Kathy






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  Date : Sun, 8 Jun 2008 19:25:34 EDT
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  Esteemed GDG Member Contributes: 



  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<mailto: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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