GDG- RE: But For The Wounding Of Two Men

[James Cameron]

<< Given the terrain the "truants" were going over, and assuming Hood
remained unscathed, how long would it have taken him to recognize that a
large portion of his forces were going (being pulled?) too far east -
and weren't turning north as planned? And then, could he have had the
means to redirect them before they had gone too far?

It seems doubtful to me - especially the latter - as the brigade
commanders (Robertson and Law) were having a Dicken's of a time just
trying to keep their brigade's together and focused on their objectives.  >>

And that why we can speculate, but will never know.  The attack was already 
going off the rails by the time Hood was hit.  And a good part of that 
probably goes back to the fact the orders he gave didn't really square with 
the "up the Emmitsburg Road" scenario, and commands trying to do two 
different things at the same time ended up pulling themselves away and 
apart.  I think Hood may have been able to keep things better coordinated, 
had he not been wounded, but the points you make on his questionable ability 
to do so, even by that point in the advance, are valid concerns.

Jim Cameron