July 27, 2024
Tag: George 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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December 29, 2019 No Comments
History is not full of men and women known by only one name but Oscar is one such individual and we have almost forgotten him. Oscar was one of the truly charismatic people of the early 20th century. His given name served to identify him to a world of people who were themselves the crème of […]