[RedMonqey]

Gettysburg would have very differently had Jackson been there

Jackson had the "gravitas"(sp)that the other generals lacked to challenge Lee's fateful decision to charge the well fortified positions the Union established.

Victory on the Gettysburg battlefield was at long odds prospect even if with faithful Jackson at Lee's call and an withdrawal from the would have only prolonged the war.

Given the might of the industrialized north, the South's only hope of ending the war rested upon the political defeat of Lincoln in the upcoming election.



Lee took the gamble, lost and thus the war was essentially over...

Just my humble opinion.

[pepsionice]

It’s hard to admit it....that one simple bad decision, which amounted to a twenty-minute effort, triggered the end of the war.

Everyone, at some point in their life, needs to make a trip to Gettysburg...spend an entire day there....and get the layout of the land and the battle.

[0.E.O]

Jackson had the "gravitas"(sp)that the other generals lacked to challenge Lee's fateful decision to charge the well fortified positions the Union established.

Would he have challenged it though? He never argued with Lee on any other orders.