1. PICKETT'S CHARGE AT GETTYSBURG. Share full article. Aug. 3, 1889. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from August 3, 1889, Page 4 Buy Reprints.

1825–75 Virginia Major General. Famous for leading the ill-fated "Pickett's Charge" at Gettysburg, George Pickett was a West Point graduate who joined the Confederacy after Virginia's secession.