GDG- Buford at Fairfield

[Tom Ryan]

To follow up on the my post about the scouts reporting the AoP being at
Middleburg.  This came from an article by Harry Heth in SHSP in 1877.  Heth
goes on to say that when he sent two brigades forward to occupy Gettysburg
on the morning of July 1, they ran into Reynolds corps.  He makes no
reference to Buford's cavalry at all.  Like they were not even there.

Heth also says that this was the first that Lee knew that the enemy had
moved from the point he supposed them to occupy (i.e., Middleburg) some 30
miles distant.  Since Middleburg is only 15 miles from Gettysburg, that is
an significant miscalculation.

Either Heth's memory is hazy after 14 years, or he is rearranging the story
for some reason.

Tom Ryan