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- Dec 28, 2008
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- Pennsylvania
Let me first say that I am not in anyway disparaging Buford's decisions on the first day of the battle--like I could do any better? But the last few times I've been in Gettysburg, I spent a lot of time "ridge hopping," spending time on Herr's Ridge and beyond, as well as McPherson's Ridge, and it got me thinking: if Buford had made Herr Ridge his starting point, instead of McPherson's Ridge, would it have been stronger defensively? Throw out his skirmishers on Knoxlyn Ridge farther out. It doesn't look like it if you are standing on McPherson's, but it seems to me, looking at it from actually on Herr's Ridge, that it would be at least as strong a choice. Does that sound plausible?? Would it have made any difference?