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Even though the Civil Battle began over 150 years back, it remains one of the very most widely discussed subject areas in America today. Americans claim over its causes, reenact its famous battles, and question which standard was much better than the others. Americans continue being fascinated by the Civil Battle icons who made the difference between success and defeat in the war's great battles. The most well-known episode of the Civil Battle was also one of its most fateful and fatal. Pickett's Charge, the climactic assault on the final day of the Struggle of Gettysburg, has become the American version of the Charge of the Light Brigade. It really is one of the very most famous happenings of the entire Civil War. Having been unable to break the Army of the Potomac's lines on the left and right flank during day two of the Struggle of Gettysburg, Confederate Army of Northern Virginia commander Robert E. Lee made a decision to make a thrust at the center of the Union's lines with about 15,000 men spread out over three divisions. The charge required marching across an open up field for approximately a mile, with the Union artillery retaining high surface on all sides of the inbound Confederates. Though it is now known as Pickett's Charge, named after section commander George Pickett, the assignment for the charge was presented with to General James Longstreet.

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