13 Facts About Pickett's Charge

Pickett's Charge, known as the Pickett–Pettigrew–Trimble Charge, was an infantry assault ordered by Confederate Gen.

Pickett's Charge was part of Lee's "general plan" to take Cemetery Hill and the network of roads it commanded.

Pickett's Charge was planned for three Confederate divisions, commanded by Maj.

Pickett's Charge men were almost exclusively from Virginia, with the other divisions consisting of troops from North Carolina, Mississippi, Alabama, and Tennessee.

Pickett's Charge ordered that firing cease to conserve ammunition, but to fool Alexander, Hunt ordered his cannons to cease fire slowly to create the illusion that they were being destroyed one by one.

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Pickett's Charge refused evacuation to the rear until the battle was settled.

The supporting attack by Wilcox and Lang on Pickett's Charge right was never a factor; they did not approach the Union line until after Pickett was defeated, and their advance was quickly broken up by McGilvery's guns and by the Vermont Brigade.

Pickett's Charge was mortally wounded, falling near "The Angle" at what is called the high-water mark of the Confederacy and died two days later in a Union hospital.

Pickett's Charge was met and stopped by Union cavalry under the command of Brig.

Pickett's Charge never published memoirs, and his after-action report from the battle was cursory.

Pickett's Charge report was apparently so bitter that Lee ordered him to destroy it, and no copy has been found.

Pickett's Charge has become one of the central symbols of the literary and cultural movement known as the Lost Cause, in particular for Virginians.

Pickett's Charge division started considerably south of that point, near the Spangler farm, and wheeled to the north after crossing the road.