Richard B. Garnett
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Richard Brooke Garnett was a career United States Army officer and a Confederate general in the American Civil War. He was unjustly court-martialed by Stonewall Jackson for his retreat at the First Ba
Cenotaph to Richard Garnett in Hollywood Cemetery.
This image, commonly identified as of Richard B. Garnett, is actually of Robert Selden Garnett, as can be noted by the reversed script on the right border of the image.
Library of Congress photograph labeled "Franklin Gardner, CSA, Born N.Y.C.," which may actually be Richard B. Garnett
"Franklin Gardner" picture.
Lewis Armistead
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Lewis Addison Armistead was a career United States Army officer who became a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. On July 3, 1863, as part of Pickett's Charg
Richard B. Garnett
…becoming a conspicuous target for Union riflemen. Prior to starting out toward the Union defenses on Cemetery Ridge, Garnett conversed with Brig. Gen. Lewis Armistead, another of Pickett's brigade commanders, about the proposed charge. Garnett reportedly said: "This is a desperate thing to attempt" to which Armistead…
Armistead, c. 1861–1863