A three pronged attack on Day Three?

[ole]

The successful generals looked to their horses and wagons. The men could get by on much less. (ole. 2008)

[whitworth]

"Even though that ammunition wasn't the best, he is up there with Rufus Ingalls in my book as one of the best in the quartermasters corps of either army."

I disagree. The Confederate quartermaster supply system was so bad, it was one of the major reasons Lee couldn't even win one state for the Confederacy.
Gorgas did as good as he could in a "nation" without substantial industry.
Gorgas and the Confederate quartermaster system couldn't match Rufus Ingalls and their logistics.
The AoP quartermaster system could have kept them on Cemetery Ridge for weeks. The Confederates had three days.

The Confederacy lost the war because of want of good logistics -rations, shoes, horseshoes, forage for the animals, enough ammunition for practice, quality percussion ammunition and quality fuses, rail transportation, steamboats, iron and iron products.

Nobody was walking on water for Confederate Logistics.
By mid-1863 it was a question whether the Confederacy had the staying power to have a five state nation.

[M E Wolf]

Dear Whitworth and List Members;

In my personal life, I have had many horses and different breeds, I have also ridden/shown horses of different breeds as well as drove horses, draft horses and mules.

I like to say that the South had racing Thoroughbreds, plantation walking horses, carriage horses and draft/work horses and mules. The North had Thoroughbreds, carriage horses, work/draft horses and mules. But, what was evident, was that the Union recognized Thoroughbreds required more feed and supplies and looked to the Morgan Horse. [Civil War Morgans].

Having ridden and driven Morgan Horses, I've also seen them in harness in carriage services in Washington, DC. They are full of energy all the time and require half the feed a Thoroughbred requires. These horses were so versatile. The famed horse Winchester is a Morgan Horse. I've seen Morgans pull as honestly as a draft breed.

Now, with all this said. I also cannot help but mention that there were the wild horses from the West, which had huge herds. These horses may have been shipped East as to add to the remount numbers.

I also feel, that cavalry troops loaded onto the railroad cars and sped to a location, such as Gettysburg--could have been a bonus; having speed of the rails and horses and troops resting and once unloaded-mounted and speed off for Gettysburg, might have given an advantage to the Union.

Sincerely,
M. E. Wolf