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The Confederate attack on the Union center on Cemetery Ridge resulted in nearly 10,000 Confederate casualties on the third day of the Battle of Gettysburg. This force, made up of elements from Ewell's and Longstreet's Corps' was led by General George Pickett whose own division would be decimated in the attack. This sad episode would be known to future generations as Pickett's Charge.

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