George Pickett

George Edward Pickett (January 16, 1825 – July 30, 1875) was a career United States Army officer who became a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He is best remembered for his participation in the futile and bloody assault at the Battle of Gettysburg that bears his name, Pickett's Charge.

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George Pickett
• Page 427, 455 - Sears, S. W., 2003, Gettysburg: First Mariner Books, New York, 623p.