What could have been done better at Gettysburgh?

[Pontifex Rex]

I recomend you reading some Alternate Civil War books. There are many and quite a few I believe focus on Gettysburg.

Why not read about what *actually* happened instead of fantasizing over what might have been? There is no way of knowing what effect Jackson would have had. There is no way of knowing what would have happened if the battle had placed the ANV closer to Washington. Alternate history is not history and no conclusions can be drawn from the works of Turtledove, Stirling or the others. They may be a fun read but they are nothing more than guess work,...period.

Lee was simply overconfident, he had not lost a major battle before and thought the elan of his army would overcome the superior enemy numbers as had in the past. It is also important to note that the Union army of the summer 1863 was not the same army that marched to Bull Run in 1861, they had learned from their earlier defeats and were gaining the tactical advantages brought by better technology. The strategic advantage was also theirs in the form of a demographic and indutrial advantage,...after Gettysburg the South would have been well advised to have surrender.

Cheers.