Pickett's Charge - July 3, 1863

[Jim Klag]

No action of the Civil War has been more studied, or more romanticized, or more debated than the grand assault of July 3, 1863, known to history as Pickett's Charge.

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[O' Be Joyful]

Longstreet's Assault, until reb revisionism... set in..

 

[Jim Klag]

It was actually known simply as The Grand Assault for years, basically until several years after Lee died. Then it became Longstreet's Assault and then Longstreet became public enemy number one in the south, so it went to old George by default.

 

[5fish]

The Charge is portrayed as if Lee woke up and wanted to charge into the teeth of the union line but in truth he wanted to continue the assault Longstreet started the day before. He arrived at Longstreet's camp expecting to see Pickett there and he was not there yet. Lee and Longstreet had a few words and rode off to plan, plan B which became Pickett's Charge...

 

[5fish]

A video... an account of the charge...

 

[5fish]

This guy was at the Battle of Gettysburg, one of 250 men in the army... He had his troubles...

Private Mohammed Kahn: Civil War Soldier

Today’s post comes from Kate Mersiovsky, National Archives Technician Since I’ve become an archives technician in the Innovation Hub Scanning Room at the National Archives, I’ve seen my fair …

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It is rare to find records of Muslim Civil War soldiers in our holdings. So far, Jesse has only encountered two pensions, and historians know of only about 250 Muslim Civil War soldiers in all. This record, therefore, sheds light on a unique perspective that is often overlooked. As a Muslim immigrant serving in a white unit, Kahn experienced challenges even more extreme than the hardships normally associated with a 19th century infantryman’s life.

Private Mohammed Kahn, also known as John Ammahail, was born in Persia, circa 1830. Raised in Afghanistan, he immigrated to the United States in 1861. About two months after his arrival he enlisted in the 43rd New York Infantry Regiment, following a night out with friends who convinced him to join.

 

[LJMYERS]

Things I look for in my research.

 

[5fish]

Here is a young Chinese man who died at Gettysburg...

A Chinese Soldier Killed at the Battle of Gettysburg | Historical Society of Pennsylvania

When one thinks of the Civil War and its participants, most individuals are aware that thousands of foreigners, such as the Irish, Germans, English, and other non-citizens were involved on both sides of the conflict. Ella Lonn's classic work, Foreigners in the Union Army (Baton Rouge: Louisiana...

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John Tommy served in Co. D of the 70th New York Infantry, or First Regiment of the famed organization known as the "Excelsior Brigade" commanded by Col. Daniel E. Sickles. The former chaplain of the Second Excelsior or 71st Regiment in his oration given at Gettysburg after the Civil War remarked how "It is deserving of remembrance and record that in one of our regiments, is a Chinese, and he a true soldier and a brave man, who, at the battle's close, will be counted with the dead." (See, New York Monuments Commission, For the Battlefields of Gettysburg and Chattanooga. Final Report on the Battlefield of Gettysburg, Vol.II, of 3 vols., Albany: J.B. Lyon, Co., Printers, 1900, p.577).

 

[5fish]

This Chinese soldier saw Picketts charge up close...

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[LJMYERS]

For some reason there is a connection to Francis Scott Key and Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald.

 

[5fish]

A Polish regiment from New York...

• 58th New York Infantry Regiment ("Polish Legion"): This regiment, formed in 1861, was established to recruit Polish immigrants, though it included Germans, Italians, and others. Colonel Krzyżanowski commanded it, and they saw significant action, proving their bravery and contributing to crucial Union stands, even helping to save the Army of the Potomac at Chancellorsville.

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[LJMYERS]

Picketts Field in the distance from the Peach Orchard. Of course the cannons are pointed in the wrong direction.

 

[5fish]

Slovaks...

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In the 24th Infantry Regiment of Illinois, two more Magyar ex-army officers, refugees of Hungarian War of Independence, of 1848-49, served captain Gustav Kovats, who on June 12, 1862, near Jasper, Tennessee was wounded so gravely that it made him unfit for military service.

President Abraham Lincoln approved a request to organize a military company named the "Lincoln Riflemen of Sclavonic [Slavic] Origin." This first volunteer unit from Chicago, which included many Slovaks, fought in the Civil War and was eventually incorporated into the 24th regiment of the Illinois infantry.

 

[Karsyn769]

Slovaks...

 

[LJMYERS]

Part of Pickett's field is on Ike Eisenhower's farm. Ike Eisenhower's grandfather was part of the Rawhide story in Texas. Texas cattle driven to Kansas.

 

[Hannibal]

It was actually known simply as The Grand Assault for years, basically until several years after Lee died. Then it became Longstreet's Assault and then Longstreet became public enemy number one in the south, so it went to old George by default.

In NC and VA papers on the 4th all carried the term of Pickets charge, it then spread across the South to other states by end of the month https://civilwartalk.com/attachments/charleston_mercury_1863-07-25_1-pdf.482176/ Pickets widow wrote and lecturerd on the lost cause to promote her husbands charge. It was termed that till 1905 when the field markers were placed on B Burg by the first national park historian, William McKendree Robbins who had been a member of the charge, in a NC Reg, placed the assaults markers and called it the “Pickett-Pettigrew-Trimble Assault.” Longstreets name is first associated with it in 1876 by an artists work, who populrised the event, Walker https://bostonraremaps.com/inventor...yVc5kgdJJN_ySdmYOpP-tLnc-kRi3ij_1GuwAMAlwVVQG Other terms came after that.

 

[5fish]

Longstreets name is first associated with it in 1876 by an artists work, who populrised the event, Walker

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Gettysburg Immortalized

Hanging on our Colorado shop walls is an 1876 engraving titled "Gettysburg. The Repulse of Longstreet’s Assault," based on the original painting by James Walker, meticulously researched by photographer and topographer John B. Bachelder. The scene captures the climactic moment of the final day of...

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The composition resembles a classic triptych. General Meade and his officers dominate the center, flanked on either side by artillery advancing into the fray. The scene is set against the whirlwind of battle, with Union units rushing forward to meet the Confederate advance, and dead and wounded men, horses, and the debris of battle scattered on the field.

Bachelder, deeply committed to historical accuracy, conducted extensive research for this depiction. He consulted both Union and Confederate veterans and studied the landscape firsthand. His collaboration with James Walker aimed to immortalize the battle, just as Emanuel Leutze’s Washington Crossing the Delaware had eternalized Washington’s famous nighttime crossing. Upon completion, several officers who fought at Gettysburg praised the painting’s fidelity. Even Confederate General James Longstreet described it as a “fair and complete representation of that eventful scene.”

Shortly after the painting’s unveiling, Bachelder ensured its legacy by commissioning a detailed engraving of the scene. His research efforts, paired with Walker’s artistry, shaped how generations of Americans would come to visualize and remember Gettysburg.

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