General JACKSON WOULD HAVE TAKEN THAT HILL

What actually happened?: General Ewell did not attempt to take the high ground at the end of the first day. Ewell was Stonewall Jackson’s replacement. Most historians are confident that if Stonewall Jackson had been told by Lee to take the hill, he certainly would have.

Watch General Trimble’s complaints about Ewell from the movie, Gettysburg

"If I had had Stonewall Jackson at Gettysburg I should have won there a great victory" -- Robert E. Lee

Did you make the same decision? If not, do you think you made a better or worse decision?

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