Pickett's Division

In the C.S.A. Army of Northern Virginia's First Army Corps, Pickett's Division under Maj. Gen. Geo. E. Pickett included Garnett's Brigade under Brig. Gen. R. B. Garnett and Major C.S. Peyton, Armistead's Brigade under Brig. Gen. L.A. Armistead and Lieut. Col. William White, Kemper's Brigade under Brig. Gen. J.L. Kemper and Col. Joseph Mayo, Jr., and an artillery battalion of four batteries under Major James Dearing. On July 1, the division guarded trains at Chambersburg. On July 2, it marched to Gettysburg. On July 3, it reached the field about 9 a.m., took position near 12 m. beyond the crest of the hill on which the artillery was placed, and about 1.30 p.m. formed in an open field east of Spanger's Woods, with the right near a barn facing the Union line on Cemetery Ridge. At 3 p.m. it moved forward to assault across the field about three fourths of a mile under severe fire, losing many officers and men, and only a few reached the salient. Separated from its support on the right and left, and with the assault failed, the division returned to its former position on the ridge. On July 4, it took up the line of march during the night. Its casualties were 232 killed, 1157 wounded, 1499 missing, total 2888.

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