- Joined
- Jan 16, 2015
Part of the answer has to do with Burling's presumed position and the fact that neither command acknowledges the close presence of the other. The other consideration is the subsequent location of what I think was the 115th Pennsylvania to the right rear of the 17th. There is also no need to invent another fence in that corner; presumably the rails were already down on the ground and employed to protect the refused right of the 17th. If the 17th was further eastward along the wall, I see no reason why Anderson's men could not have reached the western end of the wall and used its protection to pry the 17th loose from it.
Incidentally, I have made since made some changes to that base map to include adding a strip of woods along the east border of the Wheatfield and removing some woods in front of the Stony Hill to the SW corner of the Wheatfield, and changed some wood fence to stone wall, based on participant accounts.
Incidentally, I have made since made some changes to that base map to include adding a strip of woods along the east border of the Wheatfield and removing some woods in front of the Stony Hill to the SW corner of the Wheatfield, and changed some wood fence to stone wall, based on participant accounts.