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Lee's battle plans for July 3rd was for the II Corps to attack Culp's Hill at the same time as Longstreet attacked the center. Ewell reinforced Johnson's division for this assault. However, J buohnson attacked in the morning, long before Longstreet was ready to attack.
Why didn't Ewell/Johnsonn have better knowledge of when Longstreet was going to attack? Was it Ewell's responsibility to better coordinate with Longstreet?
It is difficult to believe that Ewell did not known when Longstreet would launch his assault. After all Lee ordered Ewell to attack Culp's Hill at the same time as Longstreet attacked the center of the Union line. Part of the orders given by Lee, would be for Ewell to somehow coordinate with Longstreet.
Beacause the three assults on Culp's Hill occurred long before Longstreet attacked, their probabilities of sucess were limited and they probably had no real impact on The chances of a stressful assult on the center of the Union line. It appears that the three assults on Culp's Hill by Johnson on July 3rd get limited coverage in most books about Gettysburg.
Why didn't Ewell/Johnsonn have better knowledge of when Longstreet was going to attack? Was it Ewell's responsibility to better coordinate with Longstreet?
It is difficult to believe that Ewell did not known when Longstreet would launch his assault. After all Lee ordered Ewell to attack Culp's Hill at the same time as Longstreet attacked the center of the Union line. Part of the orders given by Lee, would be for Ewell to somehow coordinate with Longstreet.
Beacause the three assults on Culp's Hill occurred long before Longstreet attacked, their probabilities of sucess were limited and they probably had no real impact on The chances of a stressful assult on the center of the Union line. It appears that the three assults on Culp's Hill by Johnson on July 3rd get limited coverage in most books about Gettysburg.