GDG- Limbs as Clubs - East Cemetery Hill

[Tom Barrett]

"War Stories" (Navy people call them "Sea Stories")  by their very nature
tend to be gruesome and over the top.  That's why they get repeated. And
exaggerated. 

This is a good example.  "The hand to hand fighting there was so fierce that
they were picking up severed limbs and using them as clubs."  Plenty
gruesome, but when you stop and think about it, isn't it likely that there
would be something readily available that would make a better club than a
severed human limb? Like maybe a stick?

Regards,

TB

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From: gettysburg-bounces at arthes.com [mailto:gettysburg-bounces at arthes.com]
On Behalf Of keith mackenzie
Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2012 10:38 AM
To: GDG
Subject: Re: GDG- Limbs as Clubs - East Cemetery Hill

Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
The question was valid, as was the response.
It didn't get ridiculous untill just now.
K.

"Hello! I'm The Doctor."
(Dr. Who)


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From: "CWMHTours at aol.com" <CWMHTours at aol.com>
To: gettysburg at arthes.com 
Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2012 10:24 AM
Subject: Re: GDG- Limbs as Clubs - East Cemetery Hill

Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
You don't need to apologize-  ;-)

I think the story is ridiculous too.  For reasons  among which were  my 
last post.

"Just  the facts, ma'am." 

Your Most Obediant Servant
Peter  


In a message dated 1/18/2012 10:20:17 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
CTJoyce at spearwilderman.com writes:

Esteemed  GDG Member Contributes:
Im sorry, but this whole discussion is  ridiculous.....of course they
didn't use amputated arms as clubs!  The  closest thing to such grisy
talk on ECH was the story, possibly true, of a  gunner burying the
severed hand of one of his predecessors in a lunette  during a lull in
the fighting.  Gettysburg Daily recently ran a story  on that.

-----Original Message-----
From:  gettysburg-bounces at arthes.com
[mailto:gettysburg-bounces at arthes.com] On  Behalf Of CWMHTours at aol.com
Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2012 10:13  AM
To: gettysburg at arthes.com
Subject: Re: GDG- Limbs as Clubs - East  Cemetery Hill

Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
So here's what I am  wondering about it.

Where would these amputated limbs come from?  I mean was  thee a
plethora 
of arms and legs lying around on the  battlefield.    And if things were 
relatively quiet on ECH  during the day wouldn't they have  removed any
limbs 
before the  evening's battle.

I am under the impression that the hospitals were  further back  to the 
rear,  some on Baalt Pk.  Was there a  hospital doing  amputations on the
hill 
thus leaving a pile of  limbs.

"Just  the facts, ma'am." 

Your Most Obediant  Servant
Peter  


In a message dated 1/18/2012 8:26:02 A.M.  Eastern Standard Time,  
amills at jplcreative.com  writes:

Esteemed  GDG Member Contributes:
John:

That all  makes sense and I thank you  for this information.  

Thanks,

-----Original  Message-----
From:  gettysburg-bounces at arthes.com
[mailto:gettysburg-bounces at arthes.com] 
On  Behalf Of John Rudy
Sent:  Tuesday, January 17, 2012 8:26 AM
To:  GDG
Subject: Re: GDG- Limbs as  Clubs - East Cemetery  Hill

Esteemed GDG Member  Contributes:
Andy,

First, I'm  not all that sure yet.  But my  philosophy has always been
that  
extraordinary claims require extraordinary  proof.  The only  place I've 
heard this story about limbs as clubs is  telegraphed  through friends
from the 
Ghost Tours.  It doesn't pass my  smell test for one
reason: if a story this dramatic was true, why don't  we  hear it from
every 
LBG on the field every time they go  out.  You'd expect  it to be a 
workhorse story.

I just  did a cursory wordsearch of Pfanz's  Culp's Hill and Cemetery
Hill  
for "amputated" and "limb."  "Amputated,"  shows up twice,  referring to 
specific men who had a limb removed.  "Limb,"  shows up once, referring
to a tree 
branch.  If this story  existed, I'd expect to hear it from Pfanz.

Am I positive it  didn't  happen?  Frankly, it's impossible to prove a  
vacuum.  But I haven't  seen the primary source yet that tells  the tale,
nor have 
I heard the tale  from someone I consider a  trusted source.  I'm ready
to 
be proven  wrong.

-John

On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 11:58 AM, Andy Mills  <amills at jplcreative.com> 
wrote:
> Did either side during  this  attack use human limbs as clubs or is
this a 
great story but  void of any  factual  evidence?

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