Long Lane

[Amish John]

The casual visitor to GB probably has never heard of it, but to students of the battle, Long Lane is a well known feature that was located south of the town west of the Emmittsburg Road. See the following post on MHO:

http://www.militaryhistoryonline.com/fo ... 2&ID=17307

The above post got me curious so I checked out the Warren map. It clearly shows Long Lane as described in the post. According to the Warren Map, Long Lane was bordered on both sides by post and rail fence.

Is Long Lane shown on the game map and does it have the appropriate fencing?

[Little Powell]

Hi AJ,

I'm having some trouble visualizing exactly where the lane is located, but I think I'm in the general area on the NSD maps. I do see a sunken dirt road and it is bordered by rail fence is some places.

If you could maybe provide some map pics etc., that would help me out.

[Amish John]

Here ya go, LP

[Little Powell]

Thanks for that AJ. The Long Lane is definitely on the maps, and very precisely I might add.

Now that I know where it is, it's easy to spot. Especially with the Bliss farm south of it.

I walked right over the Long Lane when I walked Pickett's Charge in April, and didn't even realize it.

[Amish John]

You know, one of these days I'm going to catch something you guys left off the map. I'm just beginning to wonder how small a detail I have to go to before that happens :laugh:

[Little Powell]

Amish John wrote:

You know, one of these days I'm going to catch something you guys left off the map. I'm just beginning to wonder how small a detail I have to go to before that happens :laugh:

I still haven't found any cows on the maps, so you could catch us on that.. :laugh:

Not to change the subject, but I found this on MHO and I thought this picture was very cool:




This was taken just past the Bryan Barn (it would be behind the photographer's left shoulder) looking north. The barn is part of the Emmanuel Trostle tenant farmstead (part of the Bryan property). If it was still there today, it would be about where the entrance sign to the old VC is on Steinwehr Ave. The rectangle footprint you see just to the left of the stone wall was from an outbuilding. Circa mid to late 1870s

Up until now, I didn't think a photo existed of the Emanuel Trostle farm (except for a very fuzzy shot taken from the artillery positions on west cemetery hill). Very cool!

[Chamberlain]

Cool picture LP !!



Chamberlain

[Amish John]

Good find LP. I don't remember seeing that one before. It will come in handy later when we start doing our game vs. reality photo/screenshot comparisons. Keep digging for those obscure pictures.

[Amish John]

And just as we are discussing Long Lane, the following is the subject of today's Gettysburg Daily web site:

http://www.gettysburgdaily.com/

This will only link to info on Long Lane today. After today, anyone wanting to look at the Long Lane info at gettysburgdaily.com will have to search the site for it.

[louie raider]

Amish John wrote:

You know, one of these days I'm going to catch something you guys left off the map. I'm just beginning to wonder how small a detail I have to go to before that happens :laugh:

keep bringing up new details before the game is released and it'll never happen.