george Pickett

George Pickett was a Confederate general known for his flamboyant personality and leadership of the ill-fated "Pickett's Charge" at the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863, a disastrous assault that represented the high point and turning point of the Confederacy. A graduate of West Point who fought in the Mexican-American War, Pickett served in the early campaigns of the Civil War, was wounded, and later promoted to Major General before being assigned to lead his division in the ill-fated Gettysburg charge