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<big>Key military factors in the Civil War, which can be seen as dominant in the outcomes at various points of the Gettysburg Campaign:<ref name=":0" /></big>
<big>Key military factors in the Civil War, which can be seen as dominant in the outcomes at various points of the Gettysburg Campaign:<ref name=":0" /></big>
* doctrine (FE) - the superiority of defense to offense
* doctrine (FE) - the superiority of defense to offense
* organization (FG, FM, [[Force Sustainment|FS]]) - force mass of a scope not seen before
* organization ([[Force Generation|FG]], FM, [[Force Sustainment|FS]]) - force mass of a scope not seen before
* RMA (FD) - technology such as the telegraph, railways, and rifled musket as well as organization like improved methods of field fortification that created invulnerability to frontal assaults
* RMA (FD) - technology such as the telegraph, railways, and rifled musket as well as organization like improved methods of field fortification that created invulnerability to frontal assaults
# Army Level Tactical Decision: For 3 July, the plan to continue attacks on both Union flanks was not tenable so Lee decided to attack the Union centre, a force advancing over open ground in the face of strong defensive fire that came to be known as "Pickett's Charge" and at the cost of extensive casualties. By this time Lee had lost ~34% of army from 1-3 July, ammunition was low with no resupply possible north of the Potomac river, water was scarce, and the ability to resupply was severely curtailed.
# Army Level Tactical Decision: For 3 July, the plan to continue attacks on both Union flanks was not tenable so Lee decided to attack the Union centre, a force advancing over open ground in the face of strong defensive fire that came to be known as "Pickett's Charge" and at the cost of extensive casualties. By this time Lee had lost ~34% of army from 1-3 July, ammunition was low with no resupply possible north of the Potomac river, water was scarce, and the ability to resupply was severely curtailed.
Force Generation
[[Force Generation]]
[[Force Sustainment]]
[[Force Sustainment]]
