What about guys like Bernard Bee?? Wonder what he would have done had he not been killed??
What about Thomas Megaher had he not been sidelined??
Obviously Jackson would have been the big key asset, but would he have really made enough difference in the end?? Say Reynolds had lived at Gettysburg, that would be an interesting show down, I'd say. Of course the forces would be aligned differently at least for the CSA, so the whole marching order and the times and places units came onto the field would have been different.
Say it all stays the same, had Ol' Jack taken Culp's Hill, he'd have a lot of men bearing down on all sides on him, and that hill is somewhat one sided for defense....
I think for the West I'd be interested in Cleburne vs Thomas...or Cleburne vs Sherman....
Just a few thoughts....
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