Mort Kunstler describes Pickett's Charge, during the battle of Gettysburg, July 3, 1863. They advanced under unfurled flags, crossing an open field under devastating fire. Their target was the center of the Federal line, which lay beneath a "copse of trees" atop distant Cemetery Ridge. The assault force appeared irresistible. "On they came with flags flying," a northern officer would later marvel. "In open sight of friend and foe, over the green valley, they marched in battle's stern array." Stout hearts, however, would not be enough for sons of the south this day.
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