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…1 min read·Feb 16, 2021--1--1
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…5 min read·Feb 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…6 min read·Feb 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.8 min read·Feb 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…7 min read·Feb 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.21 min read·Feb 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…4 min read·Feb 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…5 min read·Feb 16, 2021----