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George Pickett (1825–1875)
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George E. Pickett had just the right amount of dash
and daring to lead the courageous but disastrous
charge at Gettysburg on July 3, 1863, that bears
his name. A West Point graduate and veteran of the
Mexican War, Pickett joined the Confederacy at the
start of the conflict and distinguished himself
in the Peninsular Campaign of 1862. At Gettysburg,
General James Longstreet remembered how Pickett
looked as he led his gallant charge, “his jaunty
cap raked well over his right ear, and his long
auburn locks nicely dressed, hanging almost to his
shoulders. He seemed rather a holiday soldier than
a general at the head of a column which was about
to make one of the grandest and most desperate assaults
recorded in the annals of war.” |
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Edward Virginius Valentine (1838–1930)
Bronze, 1978 cast after 1875 plaster
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
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