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<r>Lee had roughly only 75,000 troops at Gburg, long supply line, limited ammo and in enemy territory. IMO, he could not have stayed up North for any prolonged period of time before his Army succombed to attrition. He eventually would find himself surrounded, continually attacked and Union cavalry h...

<r><B><s>[b]</s>hoistingman<e>[/b]</e></B>, here you go. You might have to zoom your browser up a notch or two for more detail or print it out from the link below.<br/> <br/> <URL url="http://www.brotherswar.com/Map_Of_The_Battle_Of_Gettysburg.htm"><LINK_TEXT text="http://www.brotherswar.com/Map_Of_...

<r><B><s>[b]</s>dale<e>[/b]</e></B>, your comments are thought provoking as always <E>;)</E> <br/> Yes, i'm sure Lee wanted a knockout punch and in Northern territory to boot. But no matter what the initial troop ratios were at Gburg, the odds were in the long run against a successful campaign espec...

<r><B><s>[b]</s>Greg<e>[/b]</e></B>, interesting thoughts!<br/> Lee argued with his Defense Dept. and Jeff Davis that the best strategy to relieve Vicksburg and free up Pembroke's 18,000 or so troops was to threaten Washington, hopefully win a strategic battle on Northern territory gaining foreign r...

<t>Entertaining the mythical assumtion that the Rebs occupied Cemetery ridge by the 2nd day with the early capture of Culps Hill, the entire Gburg area would of then been secured and occupied by Lee adding to Lincoln's paranoia for Meade to attack and attack now not unlike his disposition with McCle...

<r><QUOTE><s>[quote]</s><B><s>[b]</s>dale Wrote:<e>[/b]</e></B>I have no doubt that had Jackson been present on Day 1 the Union would have been off of Cemetary Ridge by that night.<e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE> Agreed, an early pocession of Culp's Hill then strongly reenforced would of certainly changed th...

<t>First of all Lee was suffering from sciatica(sp?) and the trotts at Gburg. He wanted a victory of some kind on Norhern territory even if it was a lesser one. His artillery ammo was running low, his supplies were running low and there he was dug in on the 2nd day and lets not forget in Northern te...

<t>Longstreet's own words from his memoirs:<br/> <br/> "After reporting to Gen. Lee, I offered the suggestion made to Secretary Seddon, in regard to the means that should be adopted for the relief of Vicksburg. I thought that honor, interest, duty and humanity called us to that service...<br/> I sug...

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<t>Yep, Lee routes the Yankees at Gburg, then what?...the eternal 'what if'!<br/> <br/> FWIW, here's my take. The Yankees were being re-enforced as the battle progressed, further the routed units at some point would of regrouped and even minus most of their artillery combined with fresh units arrivi...