You may be right,but I was thinking it was Longstreet that made that terrible error.
The Gettysburg Battlefield is awe inspiring for the bravery that took place on that sacred ground
I have been there many times. It never fails to jolt my sensibilities. Never. I have never felt anything like it.
Early, in trying to shift the responsibility for inaction and dithering off himself, helped start the “marble man” cult view of Lee and part of it was setting up a view held for many years that Longstreet executed Pickets Charge with Pickets Brigade in a half hearted manner.
Nothing could have been further from the truth, but Lee was not one to re-hash and clear his most trusted field general (Longstreet) and Longstreet had become a post-war Republican in an effort to see the South rebuilt so he lost the support of many comrades.
Jubal was a post war glory seaker.