the blue arc of truth -- to general mead at tony town. along with the division at the base of little round top, down here. it became the skeleton of the famous line the army used for the better part of the battle. shows the incline that the army should have warned, were it not for one volatile factor. was third corps commander major general dan sickles. idea of thean volatility that came from this political general, there is the marriageof sickles' close to the eve of the civil war. sorry about that. got me to a piano recital once and i thought it was funny that there was somebody sitting next to the pianist, just to turn the pages of the book, now that i am turning pages, i understand. it does not seem funny anymore, it seems important. anyway, while a united states congressman from new york, den sickles, found -- dan sickles, found his wife was having an attorneyth barton key, general of the district of columbia and son of francis scott key, author of the star-spangled banner. on 27 february 1859, sickles shot and killed key in the ensu