Pickett's Charge in History and Memory (Carol Reardon - GC) horizon By looking back to their

By looking back to their first entries into public life

the removal of Rosecrans and Bragg from the chessboard of war

The president and Mrs

Lindy Dennison agrees to join her old high school Friend Jane McMullen for her annual visit to Gettysburg for the Reenactment of the horrific three day battle

The small garden of her Gettysburg farm was often busy with guests

Pickett's Charge in History and Memory (Carol Reardon - GC) horizon By looking back to theirby 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.