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Sir, your points are well taken. The original plan for day three of Gettysburg may well have been successful for the reasons you have stated. 1) cooler less physical stress on the troops, 2) ground mist providing concealment for troops, 3) coordination of the assault on the east end of the Union line.
However I do not know how a subordinate and commander who had the relationship of a Lee and Longstreet did not communicate better when the wheels fell off the original plan. As for the artillery ammunition that was a failure of that arm of the Army of Northern Virginia. Also I beleive there was sufficient ammunition for infantry support, but only one battery moved foreward as directed. And they were on the far right of the CSA line, so were of little support to the objective of the Union center.
Should this discussion be moved to the Gettysburg thread?