The Killer Angels (July 3rd, 1863) in General

“Pickett’s Charge was the climax of the Battle of Gettysburg (1863), and one of the most famous infantry attacks of the American Civil War (1861–1865). Lasting about an hour on the afternoon of July 3, 1863, it pitted 12,000 Confederates—including three brigades of Virginians under George E. Pickett—against half that number of Union troops.”

There is confidence, then there is overconfidence. I have Confederate blood flowing in my veins. And Union blood.

One thing I know about my father’s family is we refuse to accept the possibility we won’t win. For Pickett it was a costly assumption.