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To: whistleduck
I am puzzled by your comment about Jackson not being shot by his own men by mistake please explain—

No, I am saying that Jackson would not have disagreed with any plan that Lee assigned to him. He would have carried out his orders.

If Jackson had been deliberately shot by his own men—then what?

If Jackson had not then he would have been at Gettysburg at some time or another. Lee's plan to divide his army into three corps was developed before Chancellorsville and would have been implemented whether Jackson survived that battle or not. We have no way of knowing if Jackson would have arrived at Gettysburg from the north or the west, whether he would have been in Hill's place or Ewell's.

42 posted on 07/03/2019 11:38:18 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: DoodleDawg
"...whether he would have been in Hill's place or Ewell's."

Probably both. Didn't he commanded both of those corps as one before his death? The Lee split it into two?

43 posted on 07/03/2019 11:41:15 AM PDT by circlecity
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To: DoodleDawg
We have no way of knowing if Jackson would have arrived at Gettysburg from the north or the west, whether he would have been in Hill's place or Ewell's.

The GREAT Dr Robertson rejects aa 'Stonewall at Gettysburg' theories. Gettysburg was an accidental intersection of two armies; wrong place right time. Lee's armies were good for 10 mi a day. Jackson; 25 mi a day. There would be no Gettysburg; both armies would not have been there, same time. Dr. Robertson expects Jackson would have met the Union army 'at about Schenectady NY or Bangor, ME' (LoL)

50 posted on 07/03/2019 11:59:49 AM PDT by Swanks
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