I've read a couple or versions over the years. Shoes being one. I've also read differing accounts of J.E.B.'s activity. The thing that is striking, to me, in this report is the reason Lee kept on and didn't back down. The only thing I've ever heard or read about Lee that was disappointing is that he ordered Pickett and his men into an action they could not win. It was on a point of honor, not common sense. That is probably the one time in his life that he should have thought honor could be in not sacrificing his soldiers.

Pam