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Well, I can't speak for General Pickett, but from my limited knowledge of the subject, Longstreet might have been visionary General of the both sides so maybe we shouldn't be surprised that he was the one who called it.

Others might disagree with me and they probably have more knowledge of the subject than I have.

Is it fair to say Pickett just wasn't the visionary, the military prophet, or just the smart, experienced guy that Longstreet was? That's a question on my part...

I think we could infer, though, that Pickett was a loyal officer and had this thing about following orders...

All just my random thoughts... YMMV.

"I think we could infer, though, that Pickett was a loyal officer and had this thing about following orders... "

I guess he didn't take notes at Fredericksburg... My complaint isn't that Pickett followed orders; my complaint is that he bitched about it afterwords, particularly when he was so keen to march straight up the middle. He was also bitter towards Lee afterwards, so we could infer that his loyalty had a limited shelf life.