the lee mystique. i think that has been -- the lee mystique has taken a beating among a lot of historians in the last decade. starting with tom connelly and then others. but whether picket's charge will ever be downgraded to bullheaded stupidity and grant's assault elevated to valor and courage, i wouldn't hold your breath for that to happen. it may happen some day. last question? anybody else? yes. >> the theme of the civil war this year is after gettysburg. there's been much discussion based on brown's thesis of a book he's coming out with next year that has two positions. one that virtually immediate had no chance at being able to cut off lee before he made it to the potomac. and the other that in a sense the gettysburg campaign is successfully -- able to gather so many supplies that what he takes with him over the river sustains the army of northern virginia for months or even into the next year. i was wondering of your impressions on those. >> i haven't heard kent speak on this and haven't read th