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4 unusual facts about George Pickett


28th Virginia Infantry

After fighting at First Manassas, the unit was assigned to General Pickett's, Garnett's, and Hunton's Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia.

Pig War

Brigadier-General William S. Harney, commanding the Dept. of Oregon, initially dispatched 66 American soldiers of the 9th Infantry under the command of Captain George Pickett to San Juan Island with orders to prevent the British from landing.

Captain George Pickett, later of Pickett's Charge fame, was in charge of the initial American landing force.

Siege of Suffolk

Maj. Gen. George Pickett's Confederate division probed Foster's and Dodge's fronts driving in the Union picket lines.



see also

Robert Pickett

Bobby Pickett (Robert George Pickett, 1938–2007), American singer also known Bobby "Boris" Pickett