PinnedJJ KarwackiAlternative History at GettysburgALTERNATE HISTORY is a genre where one makes a simple change to a known historical event and explores how that might have changed the…Feb 16, 20211Feb 16, 20211
JJ KarwackiALT HX #6: Day 3 at GettysburgIn more late night musings, I have been exploring if it was even possible for Pickett’s frontal assault to have been successful. As I have…Feb 26, 2021Feb 26, 2021
JJ KarwackiWas Lee doomed from the start?In the first few ALTERNATE HISTORY essays, I have explored (speculated) as to how Lee’s Army could have fared better at Gettysburg. It…Feb 22, 2021Feb 22, 2021
JJ KarwackiAlt Hx #5: The artillery barrage succeedsThis WHATIF postulates what the engagement may have looked like if the Day 3 artillery barrage had gone as planned.Feb 20, 2021Feb 20, 2021
JJ KarwackiALT HX #4: Day 2 w/o Sickles SalientThis WHATIF postulates what Day 2 of the engagement may have looked like if Sickles had not shifted his Third Corps forward into the path…Feb 19, 2021Feb 19, 2021
JJ KarwackiALT Hx #3: Lee moves southThis next essay explores alternative scenarios as Lee moves to find the Union force and attack it.Feb 19, 2021Feb 19, 2021
JJ KarwackiALT HX #2 at GB: without BufordI’d speculate that we could very easily be describing the Battle of Pipe’s Creek that took place in the first week of July 1863 as an…Feb 18, 2021Feb 18, 2021
JJ KarwackiAlt Hx at GW #1: Stuart does his jobI’m a fan of Alternative History, where one speculates on how a slight change in an event could alter the course of history as we know it…Feb 16, 2021Feb 16, 2021
