...anner that should have had the force and effect of a peremptory order with one whose duty it was to second promptly and cordially all the Commanding General's plans. It is beyond all dispute that General Longstreet thwarted General Lee's purpose of attacking the enemy at as early an hour as practicable, by his reluctance and procrastination. When he asserts that his troops fought on the 2d with heroic coura...