years later, longstreet would write that his troops on the second day had done the "best three hours' fighting done by any troops on any battle-field." that night he continued to advocate for a strategic movement around the union left flank, but lee would hear none of it. he sent orders to richard ewell to "assail the enemy's right" at daylight, and he ordered jeb stuart (who had finally arrived at lee's headquarters early that afternoon) to operate on ewell's left and rear.