What was the result of Confederate General George Picket's charge during the third day of battle?

Answer 1

Pickett's division, the best in Lee's Army of Northern Virginia, was utterly wiped out, and the Confederacy lost the battle at which it had done well on the first two days. Gettysburg had little strategic impact, as did the simultaneous siege of Vicksburg, but it was a clear victory for the Union, and it ended hopes that Great Britain and France might intercede on behalf of the Confederacy. * Also, because Pickett's Charge failed so miserably, Meade evidently felt that he had enough of a victory, and he allowed Lee to escape. If he had pursued Lee and destroyed him, the Civil War would have most likely ended a year earlier than it did. * The failure of the charge also put emnity between Lee and Pickett to the end of their lives. Although Pickett was honored to make the charge against the Union center, he later blamed Lee for sacrificing his division.