On July 3rd, 1863, Confederate General Robert E. Lee ordered an all out assault on the Union center. Pickett's Charge also known as the Pickett–Pettigrew–Trimble Charge, was a frontal assault towards the center of Union lines, ultimately being repulsed with heavy casualties. Suffering from a lack of preparation and problems from the onset, the attack was a costly mistake that decisively ended Lee's invasion of the north and forced a retreat back to Virginia.
In this episode we will walk in the footsteps of this famed charge and see what these soldiers saw that day.
Quick clarification- At 18:43, I state the 26th NC monument was the high water mark, this indeed was the farthest point a Confederate regiment reached on July 3rd 1863. The high water mark monument is over by the copse of trees.
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