Tim, thanks for the information on John Bachelder. Anyone who is familiar with the battle of Gettysburg has heard his name, but I don't think most people realize everything he did in collecting and saving information which otherwise would have been lost. I need to find out more about him. Merry Christmas to everyone at ACHS!
We are certainly indebted to John Bachelder for the battlefield we know and love today. I doubt if it would be in existence without him. His isometric map adorns a wall in my home, and his papers are a highlight of my Civil War library.
It would be interesting to know how much weight Batchelder gave to the fact that there were heavy, smoky conditions on the battlefield on the third day. Just as the rebel gun batteries were assigned varying targets on the third day, is it conceivable that different Confederate divisions were given different 'aiming points' on the Union ridge?
It’s interesting on how a few people set the stage for how we all see the battlefield today. I’m sure he missed items he thought were insignificant but may have been very important. But it would be impossible to get all the information on what happened.
Gettysburg indeed was the apex of the Army of Northern Virginia. The ANV was THE primary Confederate Army. Vicksburg was a significant campaign but I firmly believe Gettysburg was the Highwater Mark of the Confederacy. My first visit to Gettysburg was in 1965! I also agree that the Copse of Trees is proven by FACS that it was the aiming point.
I have a framed copy of the Bachelder map hanging in my library. I bought it at the museum/gift shop in the Lee's Headquarters building before the Trust bought and restored it. The map always draws attention when people see it.
There is really, to any objective standard, a contest at all between Vicksburg and Gettysburg. Nothing significant changed in the war after Gettysburg until the Overland Campaign. Vicksburg however changed the entire course of the war.
Tim, thanks for the information on John Bachelder. Anyone who is familiar with the battle of Gettysburg has heard his name, but I don't think most people realize everything he did in collecting and saving information which otherwise would have been lost. I need to find out more about him. Merry Christmas to everyone at ACHS!
Thank you Tim on this History of the High Water Mark of the Battle of Gettysburg. 💕💯👍
We are certainly indebted to John Bachelder for the battlefield we know and love today. I doubt if it would be in existence without him. His isometric map adorns a wall in my home, and his papers are a highlight of my Civil War library.
Very good, as usual, Tim
It would be interesting to know how much weight Batchelder gave to the fact that there were heavy, smoky conditions on the battlefield on the third day. Just as the rebel gun batteries were assigned varying targets on the third day, is it conceivable that different Confederate divisions were given different 'aiming points' on the Union ridge?
Another awesome video by Tim
Thanks!
Great information. Thank you.
It’s interesting on how a few people set the stage for how we all see the battlefield today. I’m sure he missed items he thought were insignificant but may have been very important. But it would be impossible to get all the information on what happened.
Gettysburg indeed was the apex of the Army of Northern Virginia. The ANV was THE primary Confederate Army. Vicksburg was a significant campaign but I firmly believe Gettysburg was the Highwater Mark of the Confederacy. My first visit to Gettysburg was in 1965! I also agree that the Copse of Trees is proven by FACS that it was the aiming point.
Awesome stuff !
I have a framed copy of the Bachelder map hanging in my library. I bought it at the museum/gift shop in the Lee's Headquarters building before the Trust bought and restored it. The map always draws attention when people see it.
Fantastic!
It would have been interesting to meet him. Happy New Year
I'm reading Coddington right now.
A New Hampshire guy. I have been to his grave, which is in a very small family plot in a pretty rural part of New Hampshire, in Nottingham.
There is really, to any objective standard, a contest at all between Vicksburg and Gettysburg. Nothing significant changed in the war after Gettysburg until the Overland Campaign. Vicksburg however changed the entire course of the war.