Picketts charge

The high water mark of the ConfederacyThe Battle of Gettysburg, in early July, 1863, began promisingly for Lee and his Confederate forces, but as the fighting progressed it became clear that in a pounding match where Meades Union force remained nailed defensively to high ground it would take a master stroke on Lees part for the Confederates to prevail. Attacks to turn the Union flank had failed le...

The high water mark of the ConfederacyThe Battle of Gettysburg, in early July, 1863, began promisingly for Lee and his Confederate forces, but as the fighting progressed it became clear that in a pounding match where Meades Union force remained nailed defensively to high ground it would take a master stroke on Lees part for the Confederates to prevail. Attacks to turn the Union flank had failed le...

The high water mark of the ConfederacyThe Battle of Gettysburg, in early July, 1863, began promisingly for Lee and his Confederate forces, but as the fighting progressed it became clear that in a pounding match where Meades Union force remained nailed defensively to high ground it would take a master stroke on Lees part for the Confederates to prevail. Attacks to turn the Union flank had failed le...

The high water mark of the ConfederacyThe Battle of Gettysburg, in early July, 1863, began promisingly for Lee and his Confederate forces, but as the fighting progressed it became clear that in a pounding match where Meades Union force remained nailed defensively to high ground it would take a master stroke on Lees part for the Confederates to prevail. Attacks to turn the Union flank had failed le...

The high water mark of the ConfederacyThe Battle of Gettysburg, in early July, 1863, began promisingly for Lee and his Confederate forces, but as the fighting progressed it became clear that in a pounding match where Meades Union force remained nailed defensively to high ground it would take a master stroke on Lees part for the Confederates to prevail. Attacks to turn the Union flank had failed le...

The high water mark of the ConfederacyThe Battle of Gettysburg, in early July, 1863, began promisingly for Lee and his Confederate forces, but as the fighting progressed it became clear that in a pounding match where Meades Union force remained nailed defensively to high ground it would take a master stroke on Lees part for the Confederates to prevail. Attacks to turn the Union flank had failed le...

The high water mark of the ConfederacyThe Battle of Gettysburg, in early July, 1863, began promisingly for Lee and his Confederate forces, but as the fighting progressed it became clear that in a pounding match where Meades Union force remained nailed defensively to high ground it would take a master stroke on Lees part for the Confederates to prevail. Attacks to turn the Union flank had failed le...