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  2. George Pickett - Wikipedia

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    George Edward Pickett (January 16, [1] 1825 – July 30, 1875) was a career United States Army officer who became a major general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He is best remembered for being one of the commanders at Pickett's Charge , the futile and bloody Confederate offensive on the third day of the Battle of ...

  3. Gettysburg (1993 film) - Wikipedia

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    Ken Burns, who wrote and directed the 1990 documentary The Civil War, portrays an aide to Hancock. Civil War historian Brian Pohanka makes an uncredited appearance as Brigadier General Alexander S. Webb. Matt Letscher, who would later appear in the 2003 prequel Gods and Generals as Colonel Adelbert Ames, makes his film debut as a 2nd Maine soldier.

  4. Gods and Generals (film) - Wikipedia

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    Gods and Generals is a 2003 American epic war drama film written and directed by Ronald F. Maxwell. [2] It is an adaptation of the 1996 novel of the same name by Jeffrey Shaara [3] and prequel to Maxwell's 1993 film Gettysburg.

  5. Pickett's Charge - Wikipedia

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    Pickett's Charge was an infantry assault on 3 July 1863, during the Battle of Gettysburg. It was ordered by Confederate General Robert E. Lee as part of his plan to break through Union lines and achieve a decisive victory in the North. The charge was named after Major General George Pickett, one of the Confederate Army's division commanders ...

  6. List of films and television shows about the American Civil War

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    The End of the Civil War (2009, History Channel): a collection of four separately produced and aired films sold as a single title: Sherman's March (2007), April 1865 (2003), The Hunt for John Wilkes Booth (2007), and Stealing Lincoln's Body (2009). The collection is also known as The Last Days of the Civil War. Gettysburg (broadcast on History ...

  7. Stephen Lang - Wikipedia

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    In films, he played Maj. Gen. George E. Pickett in Gettysburg (1993) and the lead role of Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson in the Gettysburg prequel Gods and Generals (2003), both from director Ronald F. Maxwell. His interest in the Civil War has prompted him to perform at symposia of The Lincoln Forum, which, in 2020, presented him with its Richard ...

  8. J. Johnston Pettigrew - Wikipedia

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    On July 3, 1863, Gen. Lee selected Pettigrew's division to march at the left of Maj. Gen. George Pickett's in the famous infantry assault popularly known as Pickett's Charge. [16] Pettigrew's old brigade, now commanded by James K. Marshall , had been roughly handled on the first day of the battle, and was not in good condition for the charge.

  9. North and South (miniseries) - Wikipedia

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    North and South is the title of three American television miniseries broadcast on the ABC network in 1985, 1986, and 1994. Set before, during, and immediately after the American Civil War, they are based on the 1980s trilogy of novels North and South by John Jakes. [1]