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Right, but I think Armistead being a brigade commander, it makes sense he was with his men. Ditto for the other brigadiers who were part of the charge. Pickett's role as a division commander was more big-picture, so he wouldn't be able to effectively coordinate those brigades if he were right there in the thick of things.But then you had men like Armistead, sticks his hat on the tip of his sword and lead the charge, I guess it all depends on the character of the man, some were better leading from the front whilst others were able to gain a better idea of how things were playing out by sitting at the rear and coordinating the attack.
My personal take on Pickett is he was probably more temperamentally fit to be a brigade commander in the charge than the managerial guy running it, though how things turned out there was no fault of his.