W. Bajan wrote:
Can I be the only one who thinks Lee was not just being gentlemanly when he said, "Its all my fault"? He was telling the truth! Lee mismanaged the battle throughout. He outnumbered his enemy but kept his commanders on a short leash worried about bringing on a general engagement on day one. Uncoordinated attacks on a poorly understood foe's flanks on day two. Finally the Grand Disaster of the Pickett-Pettigrew-Trimble Charge on day three. Lee's subordinates might have performed better at Gettysburg if Lee himself did not perform so badly.
Lee ultimately bares the responsibility since he failed to rain in his subordinates. But the Civil War wasn't like modern wars. You couldn't dismiss the Corps leader during the battle it would disrupt the command structure to much. You had to work with what you had and leave corrections for after the battle. You were also very dependent on them to carry out your plans since you couldn't micro manage a Civil War battle.
Gettysburg was primarily a failure of command control at almost every level. The men in the ranks performance was excellent. Their leaders performed poorly.
Don't know where you got the "He outnumbered his enemy" unless you mean for just those few hours on Day One when the ANV did have more men on the battle line than the Union. However, knowing that you had this required cavalry to tell you what was out of sight.