Accurate Route of 28th VA during picketts charge?

[M E Wolf]

Dear Trock;

According to the "Great Maps of the Civil War" -Bachelder Map; he shows several orchards.

"The Peach Orchard" to which General Hood was directly in front, as to gain the heights; the vicinity of Devil's Den; is not close to the orchards that Bachelder records. He has four orchards that do not have the same size as "The Peach Orchard."

It could very well be that the orchard he passed happened to have peaches but, is not even near the famous "Peach Orchard" so close to Devil's Den and both "Tops." Three of them are lightly clustered in the vicinity of your focus, are not remotely close to the huge and infamous "Peach Orchard", further south from your location and the four loosely connected orchards in the vicinity of the 'route' that the 28th could have taken.

Lt. General Longstreet's Headquarters was on a connecting road to William Douglas, which was the 'end' (cul-de-sac), a very sharp turn to where the J. Biesecker home was located and looking at the map straight on, a grove of trees before a space was offered before crossing Emmittsburg Road. General Hood's wounding is identifiedd west of Emmittsburg Road; not all that far from Longstreet's Headquarters. Across the road, the "famous" Peach Orchard is in view of the two "Round Tops." The map illustration code; the orchard is identified as evenly spaced trees, verses woods a clumped mass of trees in green.

A very tiny orchard is in front of General Carr (Union); which would put it in the path of the 28th Virginia. Right off Emmittsburg Road


M. E. Wolf

[trock]

the small orchard you see, is that near the codori farm by chance? i am wondering if the after action report i read about Maj Spessard and the 28th had the route wrong, since they clearly stated that "once the family orchard was cleared hezekiah was hit" and they refer to the codori farm as to where this takes place

still looking for the report

thanks!

[trock]

ah here it is. if you open the link in that first paragraph it details what i am refering to.

http://books.google.com/books?id=wsu...essard&f=false

hopefully that works for you

thanks

tim

[larry_cockerham]

Tim, if you'll get an e-mail address to me by private message, I'll be happy to scan that portion of the maps for you?