GDG- Ewell and the High Ground

[Robert Lawrence]

I was at a roundtable where Bud Robertson was asked that-he said Jackson
would have been north of Harrisburg when Lee ordered him back and missed
the battle entirely-he said it very much tongue in cheek. 

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<<[mailto:gettysburg-bounces at arthes.com] On Behalf Of Margaret D. Blough
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<<Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
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<<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>
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<<Regards,
<<
<<Margaret
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<<From: "J. David Petruzzi" <jaydee at pennswoods.net> 
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<<> 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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