GDG- Role of a division commander once an attack is underway.

[Alan D. Brunelle]

Richard M Kadas wrote:
> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
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> It seems that we have a difficult situation as you've so aptly pointed out. There is some uncertainty as what precisely Hood's orders were, how much control he or any other ACW general had in close combat situations over his division, and how much the timing of his wounding affected his division's conduct. It is documented that before his wounding he appealed three times to Longstreet to be allowed to hook his advance further South to flank the Union line. It is my understanding that Longstreet told him to attack up Emmitsburg Road. One interesting and often overlooked variable is that had Hood shifted the center of gravity of his division's attack further South, a gap would have been opened between his division's left flank and McClaws division's right flank. 
>   Dick

Hi Dick -

I still wonder about the ability of a division commander to manage 
troops once things go going "in the real world." (Heck, even brigade 
commands had a hard time...)

Alan