Pickett
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Character Key:
Display Name:
Pickett
Sort Name:
Pickett, General George
Race:
White
Gender:
Male
Class:
Upper Class
Rank:
Peripheral
Vitality:
Dead
Occupation:
Armed Forces
Specific Job:
Confederate Officer
First Mentioned:
Date of Birth:
Sunday, January 16, 1825
Origin:
Virginia
Cause of Death:
Disease
Other Texts:
Biography:
Born into an old Virginia family, General George Pickett was 38 years old when, as a division commander in Lee's Army of Northern Virginia, he led the bloody charge on the last day of the battle of Gettysburg in which thousands of Confederate soldiers were killed or wounded. According to Gavin Stevens, "every Southern boy" can conjure up the moment before the charge began and it still was possible for the South to win the war (190). The "Pickett" Gavin evokes is a romantic figure, "with his long oiled ringlets" and his sword (190).
Ontological Status:
Historical/Real
Individual or Group:
Individual
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