Strong Vincent

[Scott Brown]

There were only so many captains that we can be talking about. Norton also said the rider came from the east (I.e. from the direction of Powers Hill). It's gotta be Jay or Williams. I want those Sykes letters!! Perhaps they are dated wrong in Harry's notes.

 

[rpkennedy]

There were only so many captains that we can be talking about. Norton also said the rider came from the east (I.e. from the direction of Powers Hill). It's gotta be Jay or Williams. I want those Sykes letters!! Perhaps they are dated wrong in Harry's notes.

That's a possibility.

Ryan

 

[Scott Brown]

Here's one more thing to consider. We all know Sykes was with Barnes on the Stony Hill helping to place Sweitzer and Tilton, who were moving up. So, if this rider was a captain from Sykes's staff, looking for Barnes (and coming from the east), that must mean Sykes left Barnes to head back to Powers Hill to bring up the rest of his corps when Mackenzie found him.

 

[infomanpa]

As the story goes, Colonel Vincent made the decision to take his Brigade to Little Round Top without direct orders from his commander after intercepting a currier looking for General Barnes asking for help protecting the hill. Artist Dale Gallon recreated the scene depicting the meeting of Vincent and the currier in the corner of the Wheatfield in his great print called, "What are your orders, Sir?" I located the exact setting for the print and took a matching photo to create the then and now shown below.
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Good job with that. Houck's ridge on the right and LRT on the left.

 

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