Gettysburg reflection

Went to Gettysburg Battlefield yesterday. I've been before, so this won't be a massive rant. Reflections this time:

1. James Longstreet has never really gotten the honor or respect he deserved. He was one of the few Confederate generals who saw the "big picture" that the so-called government did not, and even Gen. Lee did not. He saw early on that the Confederacy was fighting a war they were destined to lose unless they managed to tire the North of fighting, and saw that this would only be possible by only fighting when it was possible to win a decisive victory. He correctly predicted that Gettysburg was not the place for such a victory, and since the loss at Gettysburg was seen as so devastating to Southern hopes, and therefore so tarnishing on Robert E. Lee's reputation, the South has never forgiven him for it. And for that, Southerners should be ashamed.
2. E. Porter Alexander should have been shot after the war. He was unique among Confederate officers in that he did not have the honor or ethics to resign at the start of hostilities. His other classmates at in the West Point Class of 1861 who planned to serve the South resigned before graduation. Not Alexander. He finished, graduated, accepted his commission (which included swearing an oath of allegiance to the United States of America after hostilities with the Confederacy had already begun), and accepted a posting in the Signal Corps. Then he went AWOL with all the code books. When the decision wa made after the war not to prosecute former officers for treason, an exception should have been made for him that allowed him to still be prosecuted and executed.
3. If you're ever in Gettysburg, check out Dobbin House for dinner. Very nice.