GDG- Best days at Gettysburg

[CHAR & CHARLIE]

Nice moment Ian!  Still waiting for Inhoff's CD since the book is impossible 
to get

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

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> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
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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:
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> 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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