FWIW, I worked with a military historian a few years ago to analyze the charge. We basically wanted to know if it could have succeeded if executed differently. theconversation.com/picketts-cha...
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Oh hey, Norwich University. I used to live about a half mile down the road. Certainly an appropriate place to be studying Pickett's Charge. And yeah your article really highlights the futility of it all. It's almost never a good idea to launch a direct frontal assault on anything.
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The link above is for a summary I wrote. The link below is to the academic study itself. doi.org/10.1111/ssqu...
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