Brenda and I just
spent 4 days with Cru’s “If properly led” conference in Gettysburg, PA. One of our friends and his wife started this
conference 22 years back, and he has studied the battle ever since, I think.
The conference
started at 4 PM on Monday. We started at “The Peach Orchard”, a non-descript
plot of tree-filled landscape that would play a major role in day 2 of the
bloodiest 3 days of US American History. From there we went to the very crest
of Cemetery Hill, one of the KEY points of the USA’s defense of the 80,000 Soldiers
of the Northern Army.
From the start we
were introduced to some key figures: Dan
Sickles of Peach Orchard fame, made both military mistakes, and his life
personal ones. General Otis Howard had mostly German troops under his command,
and when they retreated on day one, he lost major control of them. W.S. Hancock
was so highly respected everyone seemed to follow his lead.
One of the KEYS to
the battle of Gettysburg was Calvary General Jon Buford’s recognition of the
strategic ground of the upcoming battle. Buford’s planning and execution would
be a key, maybe THE KEY to the Northern victory.
People’s actions
matter, because people matter. There are many lessons from Gettysburg, but we
will start from this: Always fight from
GOOD ground.
The ground around the cross
of Jesus is good ground.
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