[Mike Darancette]

Jeb was good (with the exception of being unaccounted for in the day(s) prior to Gettysburg), but N.B. Forrest was the best. ;)

Had J.E.B. been available at Gettysburg early on to get information about the Union left flank, Lee may have been more disposed to believe Longstreet and shifted his troops in that direction.

N.B. Forrest probably would not have tried to ride around the Union Army (again) and been closer to the battle at all times. But Forrest was not big on gathering intelligence for other Generals. Forrest was a fighter and king of the ambush.

What Lee needed was to have Stonewall Jackson alive and available to attack Little Round Top.

[weikel]

You really think Stonewall would have made a diffrence? I don't see what he could have done to make the tactical situation any worse for Chamberlain.

[Non-Sequitur]

I don't think that Jackson would have made a difference the second day. The crucial moment arrived when Hood was wounded early in the attack. He had already spotted the flaw in his original orders and was making plans to adjust the brigades. He was carried off the field and Evander Law wasn't privy to Hood's decision. The confusion that followed played a large factor in the southern defeat.