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re: The Battle of Gettysburg - 157th Anniversary | Day Two - Prologue #1 | July 2, 1863
Posted on 7/2/20 at 11:49 am to KiwiHead
Posted on 7/2/20 at 11:49 am to KiwiHead
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He splits too much. You have Stuart runnin wild between Chambersburg and Wrightsville then he has Early go to Wrightsville and also have Ewell playing games outside of Harrisburg....Lee is now all over the place.....if he had gone to Carlisle and then beelines intact for Gettysburg with Stuart protecting his left(east) flank he takes Gettysburg before Meade can get the majority of the Army of the Potomac across said river and not only control the terminus that is Gettysburg but the roads south at least to the Maryland border.
Preventing the capture of Gettysburg was never Meade’s plan, but circumstances put Gettysburg on the front lines.
Lee takes out the Union cavalry and the limited infantry units and the high ground and Meade doesn’t bite. He defends in Maryland.
Gettysburg becomes a blip in history with the big battle a little later.
The outcome may have been entirely different if Lee hadn’t dispersed his troops all over Pa.
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Posted on 7/2/20 at 12:16 pm to doubleb
Overall it is meanigless to the outcome of the war. Even if Lee tightens up and takes the field at Gettysburg, strategically the South is getting chewd up out West. Plus he is not going to decimate the AoP. The reserves further west in Ohio through Illinois are mobilized to pursue Lee and sandwich him....plus the Union Navy was putting a choke hold on Southern ports. Overall Meade doing what he did instead of your scenario prolongs the inevitable.
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