What if Jackson had been there instead of Ewell on day 1
Totally different outcome. Ewell was hesitant and timid. Jackson would've put his foot on the Federals throat and kept it there. He would've pushed them right out of Gettysburg
Maybe. A number of Historians have debated that very topic, IIRC the consensus being that the Army of Northern Virginia weren’t as potentially able, nor the Army of the Potomac potentially that vulnerable at the end of Day 1.
Here’s another take suggesting that just as the politically incorrect Longstreet was unfairly blamed for the outcome on Day 3, so an already deceased Dick Ewell made a convenient post-war scapegoat...
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http://emergingcivilwar.com/2011/10...heres-no-point-in-refighting-gettysburg/Who’s responsible for the defeat at Gettysburg?
Lee, of course, on several levels. I do believe that worthy gentleman agreed with that analysis.
