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Lewis Armistead

1817 - 1863

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Lewis Addison Armistead (February 18, 1817 – July 5, 1863) was a career United States Army officer who became a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. On July 3, 1863, as part of Pickett's Charge during the Battle of Gettysburg, Armistead led his brigade to the farthest point reached by Confederate forces during the charge, a point now referred to as the high-water mark of the Confederacy. However, he and his men were overwhelmed, and he was wounded and captured by Union troops. He died in a field hospital two days later. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Lewis Armistead is the 1,970th most popular military personnel (down from 1,907th in 2024), the 11,090th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,070th in 2019) and the 171st most popular American Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Lewis Armistead ranks 1,970 out of 2,058. Before him are John Sedgwick, John C. Pemberton, Gail Halvorsen, Henry Wirz, Comandanta Ramona, and Abbas Nilforoushan. After him are Aleksandr Moiseyev, Leonid Khabarov, Stepan Poltorak, David Dixon Porter, Stephen Decatur, and John Schofield.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1817, Lewis Armistead ranks 86. Before him are Serafino Dubois, Manuel Robles Pezuela, Palladius, George Holyoake, George Henry Lewes, and Aleksandr Sukhovo-Kobylin. After him are LeRoy Pope Walker, and Benjamin Jowett. Among people deceased in 1863, Lewis Armistead ranks 57. Before him are John F. Reynolds, Juan Francisco Giró, Juan Francisco de Vidal, Little Crow, Miguel de San Román, and Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde. After him are John J. Crittenden, Earl Van Dorn, John Buford, John B. Floyd, and Sir James Outram, 1st Baronet.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lewis Armistead ranks 11,089 out of 20,380. Before him are Emma Willard (1787), Alan Baxter (1908), and Edward Everett Hale (1822). After him are Elizabeth Moon (1945), Bryan D. O'Connor (1946), Charlyne Yi (1986), William H. McRaven (1955), Andrew Vachss (1942), Claudio Reyna (1973), Deborah Raffin (1953), Kagney Linn Karter (1987), and John F. Seitz (1892).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, Lewis Armistead ranks 171. Before him are Nathaniel Lyon (1818), Thomas C. Hart (1877), Zebulon Pike (1779), John Sedgwick (1813), John C. Pemberton (1814), and Gail Halvorsen (1920). After him are David Dixon Porter (1813), Stephen Decatur (1779), John Schofield (1831), Willis Augustus Lee (1888), George Henry Thomas (1816), and Hugh McCulloch (1808).

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