"Hood's Protest" 162 Years Ago Today

[Gettysburg Greg]

Gettysburg, Day 2, 162 years ago today. The great artist, Dale Gallon created the print called "Hood's Protest" shown below two years after the Gettysburg movie was released. His print depicts the meeting between Generals Longstreet and Hood as Hood implores Longstreet to allow him to "go to the right" instead of attacking directly into the strong Union position. As we know, his protest was rejected, the attack continued, and Hood was seriously wounded soon after. I mentioned that Mr. Gallon produced this print after the movie, so I don't think it a coincidence that Longstreet and Hood both closely resemble the actors that portrayed them, Tom Berenger and Patrick Gorman.

 

[FZ11]

Gettysburg, Day 2, 162 years ago today. The great artist, Dale Gallon created the print called "Hood's Protest" shown below two years after the Gettysburg movie was released. His print depicts the meeting between Generals Longstreet and Hood as Hood implores Longstreet to allow him to "go to the right" instead of attacking directly into the strong Union position. As we know, his protest was rejected, the attack continued, and Hood was seriously wounded soon after. I mentioned that Mr. Gallon produced this print after the movie, so I don't think it a coincidence that Longstreet and Hood both closely resemble the actors that portrayed them, Tom Berenger and Patrick Gorman.
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Hood was right!

 

[W117Monte]

Great post as always Greg! I love to take people and stand at that spot and look towards Little Round Top, then take them up to the 44th NY castle on Little Round Top and show them the opposite view.
I have also recently become interested in the sharpshooter action on day two. They would have been deployed along this lane early on day 2.

 

[gc45]

Yes, great post! Both drawing and photo so well matched! Those of you who have been there, standing on this exact spot, are very fortunate indeed. Hood was right of course as history tells it; Longstreet was perhaps following Lee's command orders although he did not always approve.

 

[bankerpapaw]

Gettysburg, Day 2, 162 years ago today. The great artist, Dale Gallon created the print called "Hood's Protest" shown below two years after the Gettysburg movie was released. His print depicts the meeting between Generals Longstreet and Hood as Hood implores Longstreet to allow him to "go to the right" instead of attacking directly into the strong Union position. As we know, his protest was rejected, the attack continued, and Hood was seriously wounded soon after. I mentioned that Mr. Gallon produced this print after the movie, so I don't think it a coincidence that Longstreet and Hood both closely resemble the actors that portrayed them, Tom Berenger and Patrick Gorman.
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I loved Patrick Gorman's portrayal of Hood. However, Gorman is way too old to be Hood.

 

[AlexPensFan86]

I loved Patrick Gorman's portrayal of Hood. However, Gorman is way too old to be Hood.

I will say that Hood in the painting appears, to me at least, to be closer to his correct age.

 

[gc45]

This print has remarkable detail.

 

[JHughes81]

This one is even better! Preciate you Greg!

 

[AA484]

I loved Patrick Gorman's portrayal of Hood. However, Gorman is way too old to be Hood.

That's always been the problem, by and large -- from re-enactors all the way to the big screen.

 

[nc native]

Hood was right!

I think Hood was right too if there had been more time in the day. I believe that if Longstreet had not been so tardy in beginning his assault on July 2nd at 4:00 in the afternoon he would have given Hood's recommendation more consideration. Hood's move to the right so late in the day would have left little time for the actual attack itself. Hood's men would also be fatigued from their additional movement to get into position to make the assault because there would be no time to rest before attacking. Pickett's division had arrived later in the afternoon and I often wonder what would have happened if elements of that division that were available were thrown into Longstreet's attack as reinforcements. I think Longstreet's assault may have been successful.

 

[13 IL Cav & 64 GA Inf]

Hood was right!

Yes, and Lee was guilty of overconfidence.

 

[FZ11]

I think Hood was right too if there had been more time in the day. I believe that if Longstreet had not been so tardy in beginning his assault on July 2nd at 4:00 in the afternoon he would have given Hood's recommendation more consideration. Hood's move to the right so late in the day would have left little time for the actual attack itself. Hood's men would also be fatigued from their additional movement to get into position to make the assault because there would be no time to rest before attacking. Pickett's division had arrived later in the afternoon and I often wonder what would have happened if elements of that division that were available were thrown into Longstreet's attack as reinforcements. I think Longstreet's assault may have been successful.

I think Hood has no way to win . Meade has interior lines so Meade will always have enough time to "Mirror" the Confederates attempts to attack the Union position by shifting his troops to meet any Confederate attack, and Meade has more men than Lee so I don't see a way Lee can win at Gettysburg. Day 1, while successful, involved some luck in the multi directional way the Confederates approached Gettysburg. Cheers to Hood for attempting to prevent his men from being slaughtered.

 

[gc45]

While both Pics are great I remain at a loss of whose farm is shown in the background; someone enlighten me please.

 

[PA Gary]

While both Pics are great I remain at a loss of whose farm is shown in the background; someone enlighten me please.

I believe it's the Bushman Farm?

 

[gc45]

Thank you. The place today is beautiful! Would love to rent sometime although a very long trip..

 

[rpkennedy]

I believe it's the Bushman Farm?

Bingo.

Ryan

 

[Cavalier]

Gorman as Hood was one of my favorite characters in the movie Gettysburg. There was a Union general named Willis A. Gorman in the AoP earlier in the war. I always wondered if there could have been some kind of ancestral connection.

John

 

[Gettysburg Greg]

I believe it's the Bushman Farm?

Yes, the Bushman farm is correct.

 

[Rhea Cole]

On the map that Lee used during the Gettysburg Campaign the word "Gettysburg" covers almost the entire battlefield. The only local map only had the peach orchard marked on it. Lee had not made a personal reconnoissance of the ground. The undisputed fact is that Lee had no knowledge of what lay beyond the view he had of the unnamed hills he had seen from miles away.

Because the route Lee ordered Longstreet to follow & the terrain upon which the attack was to take place was unknown, there is no mystery as to why Hood objected to his orders. Longstreet could have had a signal team with which to communicate with Lee in real time.

We know that there was a CSA Signal Service team attached to Lee's HQ. On the first day of the battle, Lee communicated directly with corps HQ's. One signal was to encourage extreme caution when using a fresh Union code book that had been captured. Not taking advantage of the available signal assets was a fatal mistake.

By contrast, in Tennessee on the 23rd of June Wilder's brigade of mounted infantry earned its moniker, "The Lightening Brigade." Giving the Spencer Repeating Rifle its baptism of fire, Wilder blitzed Hoover's Gap. Thomas had projected a two day battle with at least 2,000 casualties. Because of the firepower of their repeaters, Wilder's men held off determined attacks until support arrived. Because a Beardslee Repeating Telegraph team connected Thomas' HQ with army HQ in Murfreesboro, in the morning Rosecrans redirected the left flank to the center at Hoover's Gap.

It can be argued that Hood, with his knowledge of the ground, had made the correct tactical decision. Whatever the merits, there was no way to communicate that fresh intel to Lee & no way for Lee to access Hood's report.

Note: As we know, Longstreet had to counter march because of the signal team wagging their flags against the skyline on Little Round Top. What he could not know was that the signalists were not transmitting anything. Their ostentatious display was a ruse de guerre. Why, when demonstrably Longstreet respected the potential of a station of observation, did he not have signalists of his own who could have sent Hood's insight directly to Lee?

I don't know the answer to that.

 

[FZ11]

On the map that Lee used during the Gettysburg Campaign the word "Gettysburg" covers almost the entire battlefield. The only local map only had the peach orchard marked on it. Lee had not made a personal reconnoissance of the ground. The undisputed fact is that Lee had no knowledge of what lay beyond the view he had of the unnamed hills he had seen from miles away.

Because the route Lee ordered Longstreet to follow & the terrain upon which the attack was to take place was unknown, there is no mystery as to why Hood objected to his orders. Longstreet could have had a signal team with which to communicate with Lee in real time.

We know that there was a CSA Signal Service team attached to Lee's HQ. On the first day of the battle, Lee communicated directly with corps HQ's. One signal was to encourage extreme caution when using a fresh Union code book that had been captured. Not taking advantage of the available signal assets was a fatal mistake.

By contrast, in Tennessee on the 23rd of June Wilder's brigade of mounted infantry earned its moniker, "The Lightening Brigade." Giving the Spencer Repeating Rifle its baptism of fire, Wilder blitzed Hoover's Gap. Thomas had projected a two day battle with at least 2,000 casualties. Because of the firepower of their repeaters, Wilder's men held off determined attacks until support arrived. Because a Beardslee Repeating Telegraph team connected Thomas' HQ with army HQ in Murfreesboro, in the morning Rosecrans redirected the left flank to the center at Hoover's Gap.

It can be argued that Hood, with his knowledge of the ground, had made the correct tactical decision. Whatever the merits, there was no way to communicate that fresh intel to Lee & no way for Lee to access Hood's report.

Note: As we know, Longstreet had to counter march because of the signal team wagging their flags against the skyline on Little Round Top. What he could not know was that the signalists were not transmitting anything. Their ostentatious display was a ruse de guerre. Why, when demonstrably Longstreet respected the potential of a station of observation, did he not have signalists of his own who could have sent Hood's insight directly to Lee?

I don't know the answer to that.

Probably, did not want the Federals to know how far his line extended.