Ewell's Corps Redeploys to Right Wing

[General Butterfield]

Hello,

During the meetings on the night of July 1st, Ewell expressed to Lee his fears on attacking the entrenched Union positions on Cemetery and Culp's Hill. In response to this some discussion was made of pulling back the Confederate left and redeploying the bulk of Ewell's Corps on the right wing. This seems like an interesting option to me because it would have concentrated Confederate forces for the attack on the afternoon of July 2nd. Ewell could have been in position to enhance either Longstreet's or A.P. Hill's assaults. I do think Cemetery-Culp hills is the more important positions to take but the chances of a major breakthrough seems greater on the right/right-center

With hindsight would this have been a better move? Could it have lead to decisive results on July 2nd?

 

[Greywolf]

Gettysburg is so full of what ifs. I myself have not gotten to Gettysburg yet, hope to get there soon. Certainly if more manpower was brought upon the Union left at the round tops it may have broken the union flank. Oates Alabamians were close to doing that anyway, heck a couple of brigades may have been enough. With the ANV's manpower disadvantage it would seem that it may have been a good idea, if troops could have been removed without causing a federal advance. To me anything would have been better to try than what Lee did on the 3rd, after Fredericksburg he should have known better.

 

[Jamieva]

This probably belongs in What If

 

[General Butterfield]

This probably belongs in What If

oh, we have a section like that. I'll repost it there, Thanks.

Closing this thread.