Newspaper clippings re Major George E. Pickett, 1901 April 4 and June 25.

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Newspaper clippings re Major George E. Pickett, 1901 April 4 and June 25.

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Articles from the Manila Freedom and the San Francisco Chronicle, 1901 April 4 and June 25, describe a battle in the Spanish American war fought by George E. Pickett. With the transcriptions are photocopies of the original clippings and a photograph of a portrait of his father, Gen. Pickett, C.S.A.

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University of Virginia. Library

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Pickett, George E. (George Edward), 1825-1875

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Pickett (1825-1875), eventually a Confederate Brig. Gen., was from Va. He was a lawyer, West Pointe graduate (1846), and Mexican War veteran. He is most remembered for Pickett's charge. He surrended at Appomattox. Pillow, a Confederate Gen. from Tenn., was a lawyer and Mexican War veteran. Twice wounded he was appointed senior Maj. Gen. of Tenn. When those troops transferred to the CSA, he was apointed Brig. Gen. of CSA in 1861. He fought at Belmont (Nov. 7, 1861) and was suspended and reprimand...