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 Posted: Tue Nov 1st, 2011 04:14 am
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 csamillerp wrote:  i dont think you can call an attack by 12500 troops a probe.
agree. By "probe" I meant Lee was in fact always attacking what he hoped were  the Union's "weak spot" at Gettysburg. His two initial attacks were on the Union right and left flanks: Culp's Hill and the Round Tops. Not achieving success there led him to assume that the center must be weak.