A critical biography of the best known and least accurately understood Civil War general, including the legends perpetrated by his widow, LaSalle Corbell Pickett.

Biographical sketch, 8 April 1908, of General George Edward Pickett (1825-1875) written by his wife, La Salle Corbell Pickett (1848-1931). Sketch details Pickett's military involvement in the Mexican-American War (1846-1848). Mrs.

The leader of the most famous charge in American history, George E. Pickett, was destined for immortality, but the man behind the famous name has remained a mystery.

"The letters composing this book begin in 1861, when the then Captain George Pickett resigned his commission in the United States Army & threw in his lot with the Southern cause.