May 21, 2026
Tag: Camp Pickett
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Fort Pickett
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An uncertain spokesman once said to George Pickett that the “Old Man” (Robert E. Lee) gave him immortality. That rather dubious “gift” came by way of having his name associated with a battlefield calamity at Gettysburg that came to be known as Pickett’s Charge.
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November 5, 2023 3 Comments
Unless experience has taught you the lesson differently, genealogy is a way to learn that is unequalled in other forms of study. Starting with only a surname and then finding a complete life story of an individual is much like meeting those who have slipped the bonds of earth. Postcards are often the stimulus for such adventures.