Interesting new Gettysburg map from Smithsonian

[conjotter]

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/histo...- ... sburg.html

[rudy]

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-a ... sburg.html

click on Map in the top right corner, and it brings up the satellite view. Or you can keep it on the historic map view that it starts with.

Very interesting. Thanks for this. Good for at least a couple of hours of researching.

Its always interesting to me growing up in British Columbia what other parts of the world refer to as a "hill" and a "ridge".

I know they are important in battles to describe positions of defilade and enfilade, but to me a ridge is something that has a sharp edge, something that you look up at, and have to exert a lot of energy in climbing up.

Most of the ridges and hills at Gettysburg look to me more like rolling undulations in the landscape.

But then, again as a Canadian, looking at panoramic views of Vimy Ridge, a very important WW I battle in Canadian military history, I am usually left thinking: "Ridge?".

[Chamberlain]

Great link !

The panoramic view using the satellite is awesome.

Thanks for sharing !



Chamberlain

[Davinci]

Great Link:

Hey, going by this it appears that some of the Union Soldiers stayed deployed in advance of the union-line after General Sickles moved his men forward, and was pushed back.

They also appear to have stayed there in advance of the fishhook during General Pickett's assault.

What units stayed deployed in-front of the Union-Line, and why do the Confederates allow them to stay there?

Thanks,

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davinci

[Jim]

Those were the troops of McCandless (PA Reserve division, 3 Corps) who took that position at the end of the fighting on the 2nd day. As they were backed up by both Newton's and Wright's divisions from 6th Corps, the surviving troops of Longstreet were more than content to leave them alone in that position. The unit positions have some significant differences from those in the Laino atlas that make things look a little worse than they probably really were.

-Jim

[Davinci]

The surviving troops of Longstreet were more than content to leave them alone in that position. The unit positions have some significant differences from those in the Laino atlas that make things look a little worse than they probably really were. -Jim

Thanks, Jim .

They just look a bit out of place from that picture, but I would guess that if there were aerial views of most battles, some units would appear to be out of place.

davinci