George Pickett

George Pickett

Mexican-American War

• Battle of Chapultepec

Pig War
American Civil War

• Peninsula Campaign
• Battle of Fredericksburg
• Battle of Gettysburg
  • Pickett's Charge
• Second Battle of Petersburg
• Appomattox Campaign
  • Battle of Five Forks

George Edward Pickett (January 16, 25, or 28, 1825 – July 30, 1875) was a career United States Army officer who became a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He is best remembered for his participation in the futile and bloody assault at the Battle of Gettysburg that bears his name, Pickett's Charge.