. ▁K ers h aw . ▁To ▁the ▁left ▁of ▁this ▁column ▁was ▁Maj . ▁Gen . ▁Thomas ▁C . ▁H ind man ' s ▁division . ▁Brig . ▁Gen . ▁William ▁Pr eston ' s ▁division ▁of ▁Buck ner ' s ▁corps ▁was ▁in ▁reserve ▁behind ▁H ind man . ▁Long street ' s ▁force ▁of ▁ 1 0 , 0 0 0 ▁men , ▁primarily ▁inf antry , ▁was ▁similar ▁in ▁number ▁to ▁those ▁he ▁sent ▁forward ▁in ▁Pick ett ' s ▁Char ge ▁at ▁G ett ys burg , ▁and ▁some ▁histor ians ▁judge ▁that ▁he ▁learned ▁the ▁less ons ▁of ▁that ▁failed ▁assault ▁by ▁providing ▁a ▁massive , ▁narrow ▁column ▁to ▁break ▁the ▁enemy ▁line . ▁Histor ian ▁Harold ▁Kn ud sen ▁has ▁described ▁this ▁deployment ▁on ▁a ▁narrow ▁front ▁as ▁similar ▁to ▁the ▁style ▁of ▁the ▁German ▁Sch werp unkt ▁in ▁World ▁War ▁II , ▁ach ieving ▁an ▁attack er / def ender ▁ratio ▁of ▁ 8 : 1 . ▁Bi ograph er ▁Jeff ry ▁D . ▁W ert ▁also ▁c ites ▁the ▁innov ative ▁approach ▁that ▁Long street ▁adopted , ▁" dem on str ating ▁his ▁skill ▁as ▁a ▁battle field ▁commander ." ▁William ▁Gl enn ▁Robert son , ▁however , ▁cont ends ▁that ▁Long street ' s ▁deployment ▁was ▁" h appen st ance ", ▁and ▁that ▁the ▁general ' s ▁after - action ▁report ▁and ▁mem oir s ▁do ▁not ▁demonstrate ▁that ▁he ▁had ▁a ▁grand , ▁three - div ision ▁column ▁in ▁mind .