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To: LS

The one thing Jackson could have done that Longstreet could not was to convince Lee that a flanking attack or redeployment would work.


9 posted on 07/03/2012 7:06:04 AM PDT by Ingtar ("As the light begins to fade in the city on the hill")
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To: Ingtar

That is unproven, and no way to know how he could have influenced Lee. Many historians cite the incredible baggage train deployed to the west/northwest of Gettysburg, and note that Lee had put himself in a position where he had to at all costs protect that food/ammo supply.


13 posted on 07/03/2012 9:09:22 AM PDT by LS ("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually (Hendrix))
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