Pickett's Charge in History and Memory (Carol Reardon - GC) Section- Confederate Officers living conditions

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Gallantry and chivalry are put to the test when Confederate cavalry commander Colonel Alexander Hunter discovers the woman he promised his dying brother he would protect is the Union spy he has vowed to his men he would destroy

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Tagg includes extensive treatment of the political context that begat Lincoln’s predicament

Pickett's Charge in History and Memory (Carol Reardon - GC) Section- Confederate Officers living conditionsby Carol Reardon 1998 Forrest C. Pogue Prize, Eisenhower Center for American Studies 1998 Philip S. Klein Prize, Pennsylvania Historical Association If, as many have argued, the Civil War is the most crucial moment in our national life and Gettysburg its turning point, then the climax of the climax, the central moment of our history, must be Pickett's Charge. But as Carol Reardon notes, the Civil War saw many other daring assaults and stout defenses.