To cut the Union line in half to force them to retreat.
The goal of Confederate attacking troops (the divisions of Generals George Pickett, James Pettigrew and Isaac Trimble ) was that to break through the center of the Union line on the Cemetery Ridge.
The goal of Confederate attacking troops (the divisions of Generals George Pickett, James Pettigrew and Isaac Trimble ) was that to break through the center of the Union line on the Cemetery Ridge.
At Gettysburg a failure to charge on cemetery hill was directed by confederate general George Pickett.
Pickett's orders were to break the union defensive line.
At Gettysburg a failure to charge on cemetery hill was directed by confederate general George Pickett.
Pickett.
The goal of Confederate attacking troops (the divisions of Generals George Pickett, James Pettigrew and Isaac Trimble ) was that to break through the center of the Union line on the Cemetery Ridge.
The goal of Confederate attacking troops (the divisions of Generals George Pickett, James Pettigrew and Isaac Trimble ) was that to break through the center of the Union line on the Cemetery Ridge.
He was ordered by Lee to break through the Union Line on the Cemetery Ridge. The center of gravity of the attack was a Sector located approximately in the centre of the enemy line, called "The Angle".
Pickett
Lewis Armistead was wounded after leading the Confederate troops up Cemetery Ridge during Pickett's Charge on July 3, 1863. He died 2 days later in a Union field hospital.
Pickett himself was a General. But the army commander was Robert E. Lee.