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George Pickett

1825 - 1875

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George Edward Pickett (January 16, 1825 – July 30, 1875) was a career United States Army officer who became a major general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He is best remembered for being one of the commanders at Pickett's Charge, the futile and bloody Confederate offensive on the third day of the Battle of Gettysburg that bears his name. Pickett graduated last out of 59 cadets in the United States Military Academy class of 1846. He served as a second lieutenant in the United States Army during the Mexican–American War and is noted for his service in the Battle of Chapultepec in September 1847. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. George Pickett is the 1,770th most popular military personnel (down from 1,694th in 2019), the 7,221st most popular biography from United States (down from 5,771st in 2019) and the 116th most popular American Military Personnel.

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Among military personnels, George Pickett ranks 1,770 out of 2,058. Before him are Werner Teske, Anatoly Kvashnin, Axel von dem Bussche, Gennady Zhidko, Lionel Dunsterville, and James Van Fleet. After him are Chi Haotian, Mikhail Devyataev, Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe, Maria Wittek, Smedley Butler, and Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1825, George Pickett ranks 73. Before him are Pashko Vasa, Johann Friedrich Julius Schmidt, Federico Errázuriz Zañartu, Princess Marie of Nassau, E. Marlitt, and Antoinette Brown Blackwell. After him are Richard Maack, Anton Heinrich Springer, Francisco Antonino Vidal, Albrecht Weber, Aleksey Pleshcheyev, and Adelaide Anne Procter. Among people deceased in 1875, George Pickett ranks 71. Before him are Aristeidis Moraitinis, Virginie Ancelot, Giovanni Luppis, Duke Eugen of Württemberg, George Finlay, and Joseph Othmar Rauscher. After him are José María Ventura Casas, Heinrich Ewald, Henry Kellett, Zsigmond Kemény, Karl Mauch, and John Gardner Wilkinson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George Pickett ranks 7,223 out of 20,380. Before him are James Van Fleet (1892), Christopher McQuarrie (1968), James Dunn (1901), William B. Travis (1809), William Higinbotham (1910), and Paul Butterfield (1942). After him are Mayo Methot (1904), Tony Trabert (1930), Rube Goldberg (1883), David E. Kelley (1956), Henry B. Walthall (1878), and Teri Weigel (1962).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, George Pickett ranks 116. Before him are Benjamin Briggs (1835), Joseph Hooker (1814), William Guarnere (1923), Henry Gunther (1895), Lewis Powell (1844), and James Van Fleet (1892). After him are Smedley Butler (1881), Mickey Marcus (1901), Matthew Fontaine Maury (1806), Samuel Ryan Curtis (1805), Frederick Townsend Ward (1831), and Eugene Sledge (1923).

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