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To: achilles2000
If Jackson had survived, the first thing that would have happened would have been a victory at Gettysburg. Unlike Early, Jackson would have immediately occupied the high ground, and the battle would have been a replay of Marye’s Heights.

Depends. Lee had plans to divide the army into three corps long before Jackson died, so it's impossible to say that it would have been Jackson coming in from the North. Ewell could still have approached from that direction and Jackson could have been coming in from the west, as Hill did. Or it could have been Longstreet coming in from the west and Jackson not arriving until day 2. You never know.

16 posted on 12/01/2010 10:01:08 AM PST by Non-Sequitur
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To: Non-Sequitur

If Jackson I had lived, the ANV would probably have been still had just 2 corps. Ewell was sent to Pennsylvania first to see if there were enough supplies to sustain the army. Once that was determined, he was sent to Harrisburg. Would Lee have still done that? If so, would the faster moving Jackson had reached the city before the Union army crossed the Potomac?


19 posted on 12/01/2010 10:05:30 AM PST by carton253 (Ask me about The Stainless Banner - a free e-zine dedicated to the armies of the Confederacy.)
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