ABOUT THE BOOK

A graduate of West Point Academy and classmate of such military notables as George B. McClellan and Thomas J. Jackson, George Edward Pickett began his Confederate career as a Colonel, then rose to the rank of Brigadier General, in which capacity he served under General James Longstreet at the Seven Days' Campaign in January of 1862, and finally to the rank of Major General later that same year.   He is perhaps best known for commanding the ill-fated charge up Seminary Ridge at the Battle of Gettysburg.   After the war, he fled to Canada and was denied a full pardon until only one year before his death in 1875. LaSalle Corbell Pickett spent the rest of her life honoring her husband and shaping his image as a Confederate hero and this book is the product of her efforts.

Originally published in 1913.
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