OpnCoronet
Lt. Colonel
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- Feb 23, 2010
No, in fact, we do not know that Sickles original position was adequate. Because we do not what Lee's original plan of attack really was. It is my understanding that LRI was not q part of either Meade's or Lee's plan of battle for Day 2, so the effect of having to attack and defend LRT was extraneous to whether Sickles' movement helped or hurt the battle for LRT i.e., it was an issue that would have existed whether Sickles moved or not.
If Longstsreet's attack was the beginning of an Attack en echelon on the Union left(Sickles)then a larger csa corps would coming in on the flank of a smaller Union corps. The history of ANV attacks on AoP flanks tended to have unfortunate affects on the AoP, if not always the Union cause.
If Longstsreet's attack was the beginning of an Attack en echelon on the Union left(Sickles)then a larger csa corps would coming in on the flank of a smaller Union corps. The history of ANV attacks on AoP flanks tended to have unfortunate affects on the AoP, if not always the Union cause.