GDG- Alternate Gettysburg

[Tom Ryan]

Steve Sanders has an article in Issue 14 of Gettysburg Magazine on the death of Reynolds that quotes from a number of accounts that cite Reynolds being killed by a sharpshooter, but none of these accounts provide proof that is what actually happened.  Sanders concludes that, in the absence of evidence, it could have been friendly or enemy fire that killed the general.

I remember hearing a talk or reading an article in the last year or so that evaluated claims by a number of Confederate soldiers who took credit for firing the fatal shot.  If it was a talk, it may have been given by Troy Harman.  

Tom Ryan  

-----Original Message-----
From: gettysburg-bounces at arthes.com
[mailto:gettysburg-bounces at arthes.com]On Behalf Of JIM COOKE
Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2008 11:16 AM
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Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:


Ed, you're correct, THE MOVIE contained a shot of a "sniper" sighting on and shooting Reynolds, although it wasn't necessarily a "sniper". The woods (Herbst) were already infiltrated with advancing Tennesseeans and Alabamians He would have made an easy target for any soldier.
JC
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From: Edward F Smothers <EFSmothers at uss.com>
To: GDG <gettysburg at arthes.com>
Sent: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 09:33:44 -0500 (EST)
Subject: RE: GDG- Alternate Gettysburg

Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:


Wasn't that also portrayed in The Movie?

Ed Smothers






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