"Elon Farnsworth: A “What If?” of Gettysburg" Topic
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| Tango01 | 05 Jan 2023 4:51 p.m. PST |
"154 years after the engagement ended, students and enthusiasts still debate the "what if?" questions related to the Battle of Gettysburg. What if Richard Ewell had captured Cemetery Hill on the first day? What if Meade had withdrawn from the field to the Pipe Creek line? What if the Confederates had captured Little Round Top on July 2? What if the Pickett-Pettigrew-Trimble charge had been successful? The list seemingly goes on and on. For myself, the greatest "what if?" does not pertain to any one decision or event, but to an individual, Brig. Gen. Elon J. Farnsworth.
Born and raised in Michigan, Farnsworth briefly moved to Illinois before returning to his native state to attend college at the age of seventeen. While at the University of Michigan, Farnsworth and several of his classmates were expelled after a drinking episode resulted in the death of a fellow student.
Possessed with an adventurous spirit, Farnsworth pushed west and joined the U.S. Army as a civilian forage master. He later served in Albert Sidney Johnston's famed Mormon Battalion. At the outbreak of the Civil War, he returned to Illinois and joined the 8th Illinois Cavalry, a regiment raised by his uncle and prominent Republican, John Farnsworth. Elon was commissioned a First Lieutenant. By the end of 1861, he was promoted to Captain…"
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| Brechtel198 | 06 Jan 2023 5:54 a.m. PST |
A good man as well as a competent cavalryman who was a victim of Kilpatrick's incompetence. |
35thOVI  | 06 Jan 2023 10:22 a.m. PST |
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| Tango01 | 06 Jan 2023 3:30 p.m. PST |
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| epturner | 06 Jan 2023 6:45 p.m. PST |
Well. That makes three of us. Amazing. Eric |
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