Jul 3, 2020
On this day 157 years ago is the anniversary of Pickett’s Charge which happened on the 3rd & final day of the battle of Gettysburg.
Where 15,000 Confederate soldiers against Union Major General George Meade’s troops’ position along Cemetery Ridge.
Over 6,000 Confederate casualties and marked the end of the battle of Gettysburg as well as Lee’s last invasion of the north.
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