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To: DoodleDawg

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

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

Would the war have ended then? Did there exist rumors to shoot Jackson? I have not have heard of such but just cannot decipher what is meant.
Thanks


41 posted on 07/03/2019 11:33:38 AM PDT by whistleduck (arpoon)
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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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