lee wanted to seize the high ground south of gettysburg, primarily cemetery hill, which dominated the town, the union supply lines, and the road to washington, d.c., and he believed an attack up the emmitsburg road would be the best approach. he desired an early-morning assault by longstreet's corps, reinforced by ewell, who would move his corps from its current location north of town to join longstreet. ewell protested this arrangement, claiming his men would be demoralized if forced to move from the ground they had captured. and longstreet protested that his division commanded by john bell hood had not arrived completely (and that pickett's division had not arrived at all). lee compromised with his subordinates. ewell would remain in place and conduct a demonstration (a minor diversionary attack) against culp's hill, pinning down the right flank of the union defenders so that they could not reinforce their left, where longstreet would launch the primary attack as soon as he was ready. ewell's demonstration would be turned into a full-scale assault if the opportunity presented itself.