Lee did tell Longstreet that Pickett's fresh division should lead the assault, so the name is appropriate, although some recent historians have used the name Pickett-Pettigrew-Trimble Assault (or, less frequently, Longstreet's Assault) to more fairly distribute the credit (or blame).
Lee sagde ganske vist til Longstreet at Picketts friske division skulle føre an i angrebet, så navnet er sådan set passende nok, selv om nogle af vor tids historikere har brugt navnet Pickett-Pettigrew-Trimble Assault (eller knap så ofte Longstreets Assault) for at sprede laurbærrene eller kritikken mere rimeligt.