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Pickett: Leader of the Charge: A Biography of General George E. Pickett, C.S.A.

Edward G. Longacre

3.6/5 ( ratings)

The leader of the most famous charge in American history, George E. Pickett, was destined for immortality, but the man behind the famous name has remained a mystery. This, the first full-length scholarly biography of the general, reveals the complex personality and explores the contradictory behavior of one of Robert E. Lee's most enigmatic subordinates. What emerges is a portrait of a gallant leader who risked his life on many fields but refused to accompany his troops into the jaws of death at Gettysburg; an incisive, quick-witted tactician who graduated at the foot of his West Point Class; and a chivalrous Virginian who in 1865 barely escaped trial as a war criminal.

Language: English

Pages: 242

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: White Mane Publishing Company

Release: November 01, 1995

ISBN: 1572490063

ISBN 13: 9781572490062

Pickett: Leader of the Charge: A Biography of General George E. Pickett, C.S.A.

Edward G. Longacre

3.6/5 ( ratings)

The leader of the most famous charge in American history, George E. Pickett, was destined for immortality, but the man behind the famous name has remained a mystery. This, the first full-length scholarly biography of the general, reveals the complex personality and explores the contradictory behavior of one of Robert E. Lee's most enigmatic subordinates. What emerges is a portrait of a gallant leader who risked his life on many fields but refused to accompany his troops into the jaws of death at Gettysburg; an incisive, quick-witted tactician who graduated at the foot of his West Point Class; and a chivalrous Virginian who in 1865 barely escaped trial as a war criminal.

Language: English

Pages: 242

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: White Mane Publishing Company

Release: November 01, 1995

ISBN: 1572490063

ISBN 13: 9781572490062

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