The Battle of Gettysburg ends with Pickett’s Charge: Major General George Meade, commanding the compulsory Army of the Potomac, repels a Confederate assault on the middle of the Union line, led by the i Corps of the Army of Northern Virginia, commanded by Lieutenant General James Longstreet. Hardest hit is Major General George Pickett’s division, which suffered nearly 90% casualties. Over 7,000 Americans are killed.
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References:
Calvin D. Linton, ed. The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 177.
James Longstreet – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Longstreet
American Civil War, 1863
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAcivilwar4.htm
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