Table of Contents
Preface ix
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction 1
Chapter 1 "It Was Not Ordered without Mature Consideration": Planning the Charge
1 Adjutant James Crocker 21
2 General Robert E. Lee (May 1863) 22
3 Colonel Arthur Fremantle 23
4 General Robert E. Lee (January 1864) 25
5 Lieutenant General James Longstreet (27 July 1863) 27
6 Lieutenant General James Longstreet (1878) 30
7 Lieutenant General James Longstreet (1896) 35
8 Colonel Armistead Long 42
9 Brigadier General William Pendleton 45
10 Colonel E. P. Alexander (1888) 47
11 Colonel E. P. Alexander (1907) 47
12 Lieutenant General A. P. Hill 53
13 Lieutenant General Richard Ewell 54
14 Major General George Pickett 54
15 Major General J. E. B. Stuart 57
16 Lieutenant Frank Haskell 57
17 Brigadier General Henry Hunt 60
18 Brigadier General John Gibbon 62
Chapter 2 "They Would Have Made the Charge without an Officer of Any Description": Preparing for the Charge
1 Sergeant Randolph Shotwell 69
2 Adjutant James Crocker 75
3 Inspector General Walter Harrison 76
4 Colonel Birkett D. Fry 79
5 Lieutenant Colonel Rawley Martin 80
6 Major Edmund Berkeley 81
7 Lieutenant William Wood 82
8 Sergeant Major David Johnston (1887) 84
9 Sergeant Major David Johnston (1914) 85
10 Engineering Officer W. H. Swallow 86
11 Lieutenant Frank Haskell 87
12 Sergeant John Plummer 91
13 Private Henry Stevens 91
14 Private Thomas Galway 98
Chapter 3 "It Seemed That Death Was in Every Foot of Space": The Cannonade
1 Colonel Henry Cabell 103
2 Colonel E. P. Alexander 104
3 Colonel Joseph Mayo 106
4 Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Carter 108
5 Major James Dearing 109
6 Major Benjamin F. Eshleman 110
7 Adjutant James Crocker 112
8 Lieutenant John Lewis 113
9 Sergeant Major David Johnston 114
10 Dr. John Holt (Private Jeremiah Gage) 117
11 Private Erasmus Williams 120
12 Brigadier General Henry Hunt 121
13 Brigadier General John Gibbon 123
14 Lieutenant Colonel Freeman McGilvery 125
15 Major Thomas Osborn 126
16 Lieutenant Frank Haskell 133
17 Captain Charles Phillips 140
18 Sergeant John Plummer 141
19 Private Ralph Sturterant 142
20 Private Thomas Galway 147
21 Private Daniel Bond 148
22 Assistant Surgeon Francis Wafer 149
Chapter 4 "Everything Was a Wild Kaleidoscopic Whirl": The Charge of Pickett's Division
1 Major General George Pickett 153
2 Brigadier General James Kemper 159
3 Brigadier General Cadmus Wilcox 160
4 Brigadier General Ambrose Wright 162
5 Private James Clay (Brigadier General Richard Garnett) 163
6 Colonel E. P. Alexander 164
7 Colonel David Lang 168
8 Colonel Joseph Mayo (1863) 170
9 Colonel Joseph Mayo (1906) 171
10 Colonel Arthur Fremantle 174
11 Lieutenant Colonel Rawley Martin 176
12 Major Charles Peyton 179
13 Adjutant James Crocker 181
14 Captain John Holmes Smith 183
15 Captain Henry Owen 187
16 Captain W. W. Bentley 189
17 Captain A. N. Jones 190
18 Captain James Johnson 191
19 Lieutenant John Lewis 192
20 Lieutenant William Wood 194
21 Lieutenant Wyatt Whitman 196
22 Sergeant James Walker 197
23 Sergeant Randolph Shotwell 199
24 Sergeant Dennis Easley (1912) 203
25 Sergeant Dennis Easley (1913) 204
26 Corporal James Carter 206
27 Private J. R. McPherson 207
28 Private Charles Loehr 208
29 Private George Clark 211
30 Private Erasmus Williams 213
31 Private John Dooley 215
Chapter 5 "Great Praise Is Due the Enlisted Men": The Federal Left
1 Brigadier General George Stannard 219
2 Colonel Wheelock Veazey 220
3 Colonel Theodore Gates 224
4 Colonel Norman Hall 226
5 Colonel Arthur Devereux 231
6 Colonel James Mallon 233
7 Lieutenant Colonel Freeman McGilvery 234
8 Major Walter Van Rensselaer 235
9 Major Sylvanus Curtis 235
10 Major Edmund Rice 237
11 Captain Henry Abbott 240
12 Captain Patrick Hart 243
13 Captain Charles Phillips 244
14 Lieutenant Edwin Dow 245
15 Sergeant John Plummer 246
16 Corporal John Rhodes 247
17 Private Daniel Bond 249
18 Private William Lochran 251
19 Private Ralph Sturtevant 254
Chapter 6 "The Colors Were Planted on the Works": The Charge of Pettigrew's and Trimble's Divisions
1 Major General Isaac Trimble 263
2 Major General Richard Anderson 264
3 Brigadier General James Lane (1863) 265
4 Brigadier General James Lane (1877) 266
5 Brigadier General Joseph Davis 267
6 Colonel Birkett D. Fry 268
7 Colonel W. S. Christian 270
8 Colonel Robert Mayo 271
9 Lieutenant Colonel Sam Shepard 271
10 Major McLeod Turner 272
11 Major Joseph Englehard 275
12 Captain J. B. Turner 276
13 Captain A. S. Haynes 278
14 Captain June Kimble 279
15 Captain James Harris 281
16 Lieutenant Henry Moore 283
17 Lieutenant William Peel 285
18 Aide-de-Camp Louis Young 287
19 Private George C. Underwood 288
Chapter 7 "Our Artillery … Saved the Day and Won the Victory": The Federal Right
1 Major General Oliver Otis Howard 291
2 Brigadier General Alexander Hays 292
3 Unknown Newspaper Correspondent 292
4 Colonel William Potter 293
5 Major Thomas Osborn 294
6 Captain George Bowen 297
7 Captain Frederick Edgell 299
8 Lieutenant Tully McCrea 300
9 Lieutenant L. E. Bicknall 301
10 Lieutenant Charles Page 303
11 Private Thomas Galway 305
12 Private T. S. Potter 308
13 Unknown Private 310
14 Chaplain Ezra Simons 311
15 Assistant Surgeon Francis Wafer 313
Chapter 8 "Let Them Come Up Close before You Fire": The Angle
1 Major General Winfield Scott Hancock 317
2 Brigadier General Henry Hunt 320
3 Brigadier General Alexander Webb 322
4 Brigadier General John Gibbon 326
5 Captain John Hazard 328
6 Captain Robert McBride 330
7 Lieutenant Augustin Parsons (1863) 330
8 Lieutenant Augustin Parsons (1889) 331
9 Lieutenant Gulian Weir 333
10 Lieutenant William Wheeler 335
11 Lieutenant Henry Russell 335
12 Lieutenant Frank Haskell 336
13 Sergeant Frederick Fuger 344
14 Corporal William Stockton 346
15 Corporal Robert Whittick 348
16 Private William Good 348
17 Private Anthony McDermott 352
18 Private John Buckley 357
Chapter 9 "The Fault Is Entirely My Own": Afterword
1 General Robert E. Lee (21 July 1863) 359
2 General Robert E. Lee (8 August 1863) 359
3 General Robert E. Lee (13 August 1863) 361
4 General Robert E. Lee (1868) 362
5 Major General George Pickett 362
6 Major John Timberlake 368
7 Captain Henry Owen 368
8 Lieutenant William Peel 369
9 Private Charles Loehr 370
10 Major General George Gordon Meade 371
11 Major General Winfield Scott Hancock 372
12 Colonel Clinton MacDougall 372
13 Major Thomas Osborn 373
14 Captain George Bowen 375
15 Lieutenant Frank Haskell 376
16 Corporal John Rhodes 379
17 Corporal Graham (Capt. Phillips) 380
18 Chaplain Ezra Simons 381
19 New York Tribune 382
20 Samuel Wilkeson, New York Times 383
Appendix 1 Additional Maps 389
Appendix 2 Pickett's Charge Order of Battle 402
Index 413
