After graduating last in his class in 1846 from the West Point, N.Y, he served with distinction in the Mexican War. After entering the Confederate Army, he was involved at the Battle of Fredericksburg, and was divisional commander under Lee throughou
After graduating last in his class in 1846 from the West Point, N.Y, he served with distinction in the Mexican War. After entering the Confederate Army, he was involved at the Battle of Fredericksburg, and was divisional commander under Lee throughout the 1864 Virginia Campaign. After the war he worked in insurance. FTP, name this man best known for his actions on the third day of Gettysburg, in which he led the greatest infantry charge in American history -- 15,000 troops in a frontal assault -- against Union forces on Cemetary Ridge.
After graduating last in his class in 1846 from the West Point, N.Y, he served with distinction in the Mexican War.
George Edward {Pickett}