first man he looks to is richard ewell, his second in command. but ewell is going off like a teapot on the boil. just cussing, swearing, sputtering, yelling at his men, calling them cowards, slapping them with the broadside of his sword extolling them to get back into line and they continue to stream past him in panic and lee, the very calm picture of composure rides up and he says, general ewell, how do you propose to control your men if you cannot control yourself? and he gives ewell a time-out. instead, he's going to turn to one of yule's subordinates, john brown gordon, aggressive lawyer from georgia. gordon is ready to go. like send me in coach, come on. so lee is going to personally lead gordon's men into the mule shoe to hook up with lane and drive up in this direction to plug the gap. except the men won't go. they start yelling general lee to the rear. lee to the rear. we will not go forward. unless general lee goes to the rear. in a very angry lee starts to the visibly get upset. that's when gordon steps up in full cheerleader mode and he

then there is a fight that goes from 7:00 and till 10:00, let's say, when there is an assault by richard ewell's command. the end result is that robert e. lee is not standing on little round top, he is not on cemetery hill, he is not on colts hill. army has unfinished work here and the confederate army has unfinished work here. we have a battle that is not yet over or decisive. there is no question in my mind that the third day of the battle of gettysburg is the turning point. robert e. lee had combat power, a fresh division that he can use on july 3, 1863. he does not have that on the morning of july 4. he is used all of his divisions and action and he does not have a good reserve. the turning point of the battle is july 3. if -- you are going to call a council of war on the evening of july 2. john given, one of the people who chronicles this meeting, there represent the second union army corps, talks about it being late in the evening after the action is over, my guess is about 10:00. it is not going to break up until probably around midnight, july 2 and july 3. there is a discussion about wha