A Summary Of Pickett's War

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All throughout the battle on the third day Pickett’s troops were being shot at as they made the one mile march uphill to meet the union forces. They were getting shot at as soon as they came out of the woods by the union artillery. Pickett was in charge of multiple divisions that day. The original plan was to have Pickett leading three Confederate divisions, commanded by Maj. Gen. George Pickett, Brig. Gen. J. Johnston Pettigrew, and Maj. Gen. Isaac R. Trimble, consisting of troops from Lt. Gen. James Longstreet's First Corps and Lt. Gen. A.P. Hill's Third Corps. Straight up the gut of the union forces. There were going to be other forces attacking up the far sides of the union forces so that they would get spread out and become thinner in
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