George Pickett graduated West Point in 1846, ranking last in his class of 59, and immediately went to serve in the Mexican War. After distinguishing himself in the Mexican War, he was assigned frontier duty fighting Indians. Upon outbreak of the Civil War, he resigned his commission and accepted a commission as a colonel in the Confederate forces. He is remembered for his "Pickett's Charge" at the battle of Gettysburg, where he lost over 75 percent of his 4,500 musket troops in a devastating charge. After the war he was employed by the Virginia agency of the Washington Life Insurance Company of New York and worked there until his death.
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