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Who Were the Men of Pickett's Charge??
Manage episode 375773124 series 3467931
One of the most famous and controversial moments of the battle was “Pickett’s Charge,” a failed Confederate direct assault against the Union battlefront that has since become a symbol of gallant bravery and terrible sacrifice. Even today, 160 years later, the grim details of that terrible feat still echo across the empty fields where that final, brutal charge took place, and where so many desperate Confederate soldiers faultlessly obeyed their orders to march into the fire.
2:15 Who was James Pettigrew
6:35 Who was Alexander Hays
9:42 Who was Issac Trimble
14:55 Who was John Gibbon
17:25 Who was George Pickett
19:21 Who was James Longstreet
23:43 Who was Winfield Scott Hancock
26:26 Casualties of Pickett's Charge
29:45 Pettegrew after
30:25 Hays after
30:38 Trimble After
31:07 Gibbons after
32:05 Pickett after
33:03 Longstreet after
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49 Episoden
Manage episode 375773124 series 3467931
One of the most famous and controversial moments of the battle was “Pickett’s Charge,” a failed Confederate direct assault against the Union battlefront that has since become a symbol of gallant bravery and terrible sacrifice. Even today, 160 years later, the grim details of that terrible feat still echo across the empty fields where that final, brutal charge took place, and where so many desperate Confederate soldiers faultlessly obeyed their orders to march into the fire.
2:15 Who was James Pettigrew
6:35 Who was Alexander Hays
9:42 Who was Issac Trimble
14:55 Who was John Gibbon
17:25 Who was George Pickett
19:21 Who was James Longstreet
23:43 Who was Winfield Scott Hancock
26:26 Casualties of Pickett's Charge
29:45 Pettegrew after
30:25 Hays after
30:38 Trimble After
31:07 Gibbons after
32:05 Pickett after
33:03 Longstreet after
Please follow me on social media! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/historical_usa Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/historicalusa
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