You won't find many memorials on the Gettysburg Battlefield more engaging than this of
Lieutenant General James Longstreet. Second-in-command to General Lee, Longstreet did not agree with Lee's idea to launch an assault on the center line of Union forces arrayed along Cemetery Ridge. He strongly advised against it, predicting massive casualties for the troops who must cross nearly an open mile of pasture to reach the enemy line. However, Lee was convinced that the Union force would be weakest at the center and ordered Longstreet to launch the attack, which is known as "Pickett's Charge," for one of the generals, under Longstreet, who led the infantry assault.
On a sunny day with high light and dark shadow, you might imagine this horse and rider to be flesh and blood, so dynamic is their pose. And I guarantee that your response to this pair will be visceral.
I hope you soon get to visit Gettysburg to experience the thrill of this and so many other remarkable memorials.
Till then . . .
Georgia Anne
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