THIS IS AN INTRODUCTION!!!!! Commanders who served under Lee were blinded by this admiration. “His presence is everywhere. They are silent when he passes, like an angel of the Lord." (p. 63) Even as he walks down the street people greet him, bow to him, praise him. “A woman from Pennsylvania flirted and asked for an autograph.” (pg. 78) Within the army Lee is revered by all members, low and high level. When something goes wrong they will find a way to shift the blame from Lee, even though it may have been his fault, to someone else. “They love it. They don't blame him. They do impossible things to him." (pg. 250) On the second day of the battle, when everything goes horribly wrong for the Confederate army, no one blames Lee for the loss. It was his idea (what was his plan again...) and yet after it failed everyone took it out on Longstreet. As Goree says on page 240 “They can't blame General Lee. Not anymore. So they take it out on [Longstreet].” Although Lee is one of the most beloved generals of all time, I don't think he liked him very much. On page 79 he says that “Fame came too late. I would have liked it if I were younger. “The Confederate Army could have, and probably should have, won the Battle of Gettysburg. They started the battle by overwhelming the Union Army on the first day. Everyone is in good spirits and feels that “with every step a soldier takes, with every tick of the clock, the army was gaining confidence, closer to victory, closer to the dream of independence.” (pg. 110) With this in mind they charged on the second day. Lee's plan was to "attack in echelon, to take Cemetery Hill in reverse." change their minds. And so the army went ahead and attacked the Union army following Lee's plan. The battle lasted hours and in the end the Confederate army suffered an unfortunate loss. If they had used a different strategy I think they could have win the second day. On the third day, however, the situation gets bad. Even Longstreet admits this when talking to Lee; “Now I must tell you, sir, that I believe this attack will fail.