GDG- Ewell and the High Ground

[Margaret D. Blough]

My favorite response to a "what if" was a battlefield guide at Gettysburg (I forget which one) who, in response to a question of "What if Stonewall Jackson had been at the battle of Gettysburg?," replied, "Well, I expect he'd have been a tad gamey, considering that he'd been dead for over a month."<g>

Regards,

Margaret

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From: "J. David Petruzzi" <jaydee at pennswoods.net> 

> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes: 
> 
> 
> >>If Stuart had been with the army, maybe nobody even gets to Gettysburg at 
> all. Once Stuart is put with the rest of the army, sooner than was 
> actually the case, everything changes to the point that not even the battle 
> itself can be taken as a certainty. 
> 
> Jim Cameron>> 
> 
> 
> Exactly my point as well, Jim. During 'what if' scenarios, there seems to 
> be the assumption that we can change a major portion of history, and assume 
> that everything else remains as is. That's why I rarely engage in too much 
> 'what iffing' (hey, a new phrase!) because as I stated in an earlier post, 
> if you change one event, it's a what if; change two that are dependant on 
> each other, and it becomes fantasy. 
> 
> J.D. 
> 
> 
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