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- Nov 8, 2018
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- Palm Coast, Florida
How much does Jackson's Death affect the outcome of the third day of Chancellorsville? Whenever the "What if Jackson Lives?" question gets asked, I rarely hear this discussed.
I personally may not be qualified to answer this, as my knowledge on the events of the third day are merely the highlights of the Hazel Grove position and Hooker's incapacitation. The one time I heard this question addressed was a video by the Civil War Trust saying that Jackson would have organized a late night assault that'd fail; though I can't trust this as they go on to say (as the video compares this incident to Longsteet's Incident at the Wilderness), that in the case of Longstreet his planned assault would have succeded, even though it would have suffered the same problem as Jackson's by the logic they gave.
Thus, I'd like to ask y'all this question? Does his wounding change anything?
I personally may not be qualified to answer this, as my knowledge on the events of the third day are merely the highlights of the Hazel Grove position and Hooker's incapacitation. The one time I heard this question addressed was a video by the Civil War Trust saying that Jackson would have organized a late night assault that'd fail; though I can't trust this as they go on to say (as the video compares this incident to Longsteet's Incident at the Wilderness), that in the case of Longstreet his planned assault would have succeded, even though it would have suffered the same problem as Jackson's by the logic they gave.
Thus, I'd like to ask y'all this question? Does his wounding change anything?