tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2614337222995408067.post3762776286516944133..comments2023-05-12T00:50:36.798-07:00Comments on Civil War Sources: Battle of Gettysburg: General Pickett's final letter before "the charge"Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2614337222995408067.post-8284993171073735852013-03-08T23:42:03.930-08:002013-03-08T23:42:03.930-08:00Aha, I have found it--the evidence that this is a ...Aha, I have found it--the evidence that this is a fabrication--he writes "I sent Walter with my message and rode on myself to Little Round Top to see Old Peter"--the hill was not called Little Round Top until years later--someone has probably fabricated every letter in the book this is taken from. Darn!squareDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08583291069825070712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2614337222995408067.post-76742812057509580132013-03-08T14:21:23.032-08:002013-03-08T14:21:23.032-08:00Wow. I have never read this before--it is almost t...Wow. I have never read this before--it is almost too much of everything romantic and Hollywood to be real. Is it possible that this (like Chief Seattle's famous 'speech') will turn out to be some newspaperman's clever fabrication? Or is its provenance authentic, do we have a ms. in Pickett's own hand?squareDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08583291069825070712noreply@blogger.com