yes..What if Jackson?
What if the Southern Arty did more damage in the centre
What if Longstreet **got his way..and they went for the wide march on the flanks?
The Boys from both sides comming up..marching for days straight in the hot Sun....and still they had it to give it good and hard to each other.
The scene from the Movie Gettysburg where the Old Officer tells Robert E lee about that ..."Bloody great Hill"..and...
"He just stood there..I said ..give me one division..and I will take that Hill"!
I kinda ponder if Lee was regretting entering Pennsy.
shift:
its kinda weird..Military projection did not change that much from the 1860'S until WW-1..save for Subs and planes and some electric goodies.
Just basically..*Walked or ran into frontal firepower
big Arty.."hey look they are comming back..well we will try again later".
Those Civil War painters..painting the flowing..colorfull battlelines with flags streaming..and a few explosions.
bet they were slugging back the booze at days end..trying to sleep off the Horror they saw.
Those Balck and White photos are still powerfull today..wow..
what can one say to that..what fortitude to stay on..and not go AWOL.
Kinda comical...some in the Union would go AWOL from one State reg..and sign on again with another under a different name..get their pay..and then split again.
I suppose some got caught..and shot or imprisioned...but it was epidemic for a time.
Chamberlin...how many times was He wounded?..6-8?
The Guy was giant...but the South had their tough sods too...often they are forgotten in the historic mix.