Pickett

Submitted by sfr on Thu, 2017-11-23 11:00
Text: 
Absalom, Absalom!
Character Key: 
General Pickett
Display Name: 
Pickett
Sort Name: 
Pickett, General George
Race: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Class: 
Upper Class
Rank: 
Peripheral
Vitality: 
Alive
Occupation: 
Armed Forces
Specific Job: 
Virginia
First Mentioned: 
Harvard University|Cambridge Area in Absalom, Absalom! (Location)
Date of Birth: 
Sunday, January 16, 1825
Origin: 
Virginia
Other Texts: 
Intruder in the Dust
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 disastrous charge on the last day of the battle of Gettysburg in which thousands of Confederate soldiers were killed or wounded. The Canadian Shreve gets the battle wrong, and is quickly corrected by Quentin (289).

Ontological Status: 
Historical/Real
Individual or Group: 
Individual
Character changes class in this text: 

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