GDG- Alternate Gettysburg

[Jim Lamason]

Hi all, 

The biggest problem I have with the "sniper theory" is the ground... 
While the McPhersons/Herbst Woods of the period would have been a bit
thinner then it is now, that it was thick enough that it would have been
VERY difficult for a sniper to get a clear shot. 

The overall consensus I get from talking to others, including LBGs it was
most likely a round fired by one of Archers men.. 

Jim Lamason
Middlesex, NJ 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: gettysburg-bounces at arthes.com [mailto:gettysburg-bounces at arthes.com]
On Behalf Of Tom Ryan
Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2008 11:43 AM
To: GDG
Subject: RE: GDG- Alternate Gettysburg

Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:


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
To: GDG
Subject: RE: GDG- Alternate Gettysburg


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
----- Original Message -----
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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