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GEORGE PICKETT #64/1200

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GEORGE PICKETT #64/1200
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FROM THE ESTATE OF MR. & MRS. WILLIAM DOYLE
FRANCIS BARNUM SCULPTURES RARE & LIMITED EDITION / 150 PCS PLUS
CIVIL WAR , OLD WEST , WILDLIFE . All MADE IN AMERICA OF THE FINEST PEWTER AND AMERICAN CRAFTSMANSHIP. ALL SIGNED BY FRANCIS BARNUM
GEORGE PICKETT #64/1200
APPROX. 4" BY 6"
APPROX. 1.5 LBS
AUTHENTIC SCULPTURE BY FRANCIS BARNUM
SOLID PEWTER. WOOD BASE, HIGH QUALITY AMERICAN CRAFTSMANSHIP

The sculpture “George Pickett” by Francis Barnum is a limited-edition Civil War pewter sculpture honoring George Pickett, the Confederate general most famous for leading Pickett’s Charge at the Battle of Gettysburg.

George Pickett was a Confederate general during the American Civil War best known for leading the famous and disastrous assault called Pickett’s Charge at the Battle of Gettysburg.

Early life

George Edward Pickett was born on January 16, 1825, in Richmond, Virginia. He attended the United States Military Academy at West Point and graduated in 1846.

Although he finished near the bottom of his class, he entered military service during the Mexican-American War shortly afterward.

Mexican-American War

Pickett served under General Winfield Scott during the Mexican-American War (1846–1848). He gained recognition for bravery during the Battle of Chapultepec in Mexico City.

This war helped shape many future Civil War officers, including:

Robert E. Lee,
Ulysses S. Grant,
Stonewall Jackson,
and George Pickett himself.
Before the Civil War

After the Mexican War, Pickett served in frontier posts in Texas and the Pacific Northwest.

He became involved in a territorial dispute between the United States and Britain known as the “Pig War” in the Washington Territory during 1859. Although tensions were high, the conflict ended peacefully.

Civil War service

When Virginia seceded from the Union in 1861, Pickett resigned from the U.S. Army and joined the Confederacy.

He eventually became a major general in the Confederate Army under Robert E. Lee.

Pickett fought in several campaigns, but he became permanently famous because of the Battle of Gettysburg in July 1863.

Pickett’s Charge at Gettysburg

On July 3, 1863, Lee ordered a massive assault against Union positions on Cemetery Ridge during the Battle of Gettysburg.

Pickett’s division formed part of the attack, which became known as Pickett’s Charge.

During the assault:

approximately 12,000–13,000 Confederate soldiers crossed open fields under intense artillery and rifle fire,
Union forces devastated the attackers,
and Confederate casualties were extremely heavy.

The attack failed and became one of the most famous military disasters in American history.

After the battle, Pickett reportedly told Lee:

“General Lee, I have no division now.”

Gettysburg became a major turning point in the Civil War.

Later war years

After Gettysburg, Pickett continued serving in Confederate campaigns, including:

the Petersburg Campaign,
and the Appomattox Campaign near the end of the war.

However, his military reputation never fully recovered from Pickett’s Charge.

After the war

Following the Confederate surrender in 1865, Pickett fled briefly to Canada because of fears he could face prosecution for wartime actions.

He later returned to Virginia and worked in insurance and farming before dying in 1875.

Historical legacy

George Pickett is remembered primarily for:

Pickett’s Charge,
Confederate battlefield history,
and the romanticized image of Confederate officers in postwar Southern memory.

Historians continue to debate:

whether Pickett himself was responsible for the failure,
or whether the assault was doomed because of Lee’s strategy and battlefield conditions.
Overall significance

George Pickett remains one of the most recognized Confederate generals because:

his name became attached to one of the Civil War’s most famous battles,
Pickett’s Charge symbolized both bravery and tragedy,
and the assault marked a major turning point in the Confederate war effort.


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