George Pickett
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Background & Early Life
George Pickett was born January 16/25/28, 1825 (the precise date is disputed) at Richmond, VA. The eldest child of Robert and Mary Pickett, he was educated locally before travelling to Spring field, IL to study law. While there, he befriended Representaive John T. stuart and had some contact with a young Abraham Lincoln. He received an appointment to the United States Military Acodemy at the age of 17, and graduated last in his class at West Point in 1846. Died July 30,1875 at the age of 50 in Norfolk, Virgina
Born & War
He was immediately sent to participate in the Mexican-American War where he received to brevet promotion for being the first to climb a parapet at the battle of chapultepec. After the Mexican-American War, Pickett continued to serve in the United States military and was assigned to the Washington Territary, where he became involed in a land dispute with Great Britain known as the Pig War.
Careers
Civil War
At the outbreak of the civil war,Pickett resigned from the United States Military and was appointed as a colonel in the confederate army. After briefly commanding the defense of the Lower Rappahannock River, he was appointed a brigadier general on January 14,1862.
George Pickett
In October of 1862,Pickett was promoted to major general and pleaced in command of a small division in General James Long Street's Corps. Though well- likes by his classmates, Pickett a proved a poor student and was better known for his antics. As a result his grsduated last in his class of 59 in 1846. While being the class ''goat'' often led to short oringlorious career, Pickett quicky benefited from the out break of Mexican American War.
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln was the sixteenth president. Lincoln led the United States through it's greatest constitutionat,military and moral crisis- the American Civil war