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George Pickett

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Detailed Information

Personal details and public facts.

Profession
War Hero
Died
Jul 30, 1875
Zodiac
Capricorn
Born in
Virginia
About
Remembered best as the namesake and leader of the unsuccessful "Pickett's Charge" assault at the Civil War Battle of Gettysburg, this Confederate Army soldier was later defeated at both the Battle of Five Forks and the Battle of Appomattox Courthouse.
Family
He and his seven younger siblings were born into a prominent Virginia family. After Pickett's death, his wife, LaSalle Corbell Pickett, published Soldier of the South: General Pickett's War Letters to His Wife and several other works purporting to detail his life and wartime experiences.

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