To lead the charge General George Edward Pickett (West Point 1846) was selected. At noon his division of less than 5,000 fresh Virginia troops was lined up below Seminary Ridge. At 1 p.

the battlefield visitors center stood near Gettysburg’s “High Water Mark” (the farthest point reached in Pickett’s Charge) and within sight of a wax museum, a restaurant called General ...

On July 3, 1863, 12,500 Confederate soldiers charged across open fields in a desperate bid to break Union lines at Gettysburg. Known as Pickett ... vanish overnight Movies Over 4 Hours That ...