Lee integrates the information and concedes Goree is accurate, but his eyes flame at Longstreet's reticence. He tells Longstreet simply that the Union will break in the center. When Longstreet disagrees, Lee turns with a look of weariness. Longstreet is concerned and wants to touch the man, but there is no place for emotion here. Many men are going to die, and heads must be clear.
When cannons go off in the north, Lee snarls about Ewell not following orders again. But the Union is charging Ewell, a surprise Lee did not expect. Lee and Longstreet walk down into the Peach Orchard to review the front. Alexander is getting the artillery ready. Lee talks to Wofford, who was in the group yesterday that almost broke the Union line. Lee says that surely they can do it again. Wofford explains that yesterday the enemy was broken, but today they are heavily reinforced. And besides, Confederate losses were heavy yesterday. Lee is not happy with this answer. Meanwhile, at the north end of the ridge, Ewell's men are being pushed back from the trenches they won the night before.
In the background, "Bonny Blue Flag" is playing in honor of Lee. The men see Lee and rise to cheer him. They gaze at him in fatherly fashion, joke with him, show their unbroken spirit. Lee sees how high his men's morale is and is fired with the belief that they are ready for this charge and that they can break the Union line. He cannot ask these men to retreat now.
Lee decides Hood and McLaws should remain where they are to defend Longstreet's right flank. He will give Longstreet Heth's and Pender's divisions to use in an attack, along with Pickett's. That will give Longstreet three full-strength divisions. They won't attack until there has been a heavy artillery barrage on the center point. Lee adds that Stuart's men have already gone around to attack that same spot from behind. The rest of Hill's corps will follow Longstreet's three divisions. Longstreet reminds Lee it is Hancock and II Corps up ahead, and they won't run.
