1.) I feel it certainly would have had an effect, whether or not on the first day I don't know, but possibly the layout of troops would have been different, the retreat and reorganization may have gone better too, recall he was in command until Meade got there.
2.) Possibly, but if not he would have been given command of another I am certain. I assume probably the 5th Corps. Wouldn't that be a bunch of men, Hancock, Reynolds, Sedgewick. Grant may even has chosen him over Meade.
Any which way the Northern leadership at Gettysburg came of age and the loss of leadership the South had showed at Gettysburg and was further hurt by the battle itself, especially in the cavalry and artillery. Henry Hunt outclassed Pendleton that battle and Stuart was outclassed by a few officers of the North.
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Commanding Officer, Western Theater, CSA
"The Army Commissary" and "The Traveling Blowhard of Virginia"
Retired ANV Commander 2004-06
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