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Pickett resigned his comission as a Colonel of the Confederate Army.
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Pickett proves himself to be an able leader.
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He helps strengthen the lines of the Confederacy.
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He is severely wounded and doesn't return until October.
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He returned after several months to be quickly promoted.
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Pickett performed well although he came back to the army in October.
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He left the Suffolk campaign around this time to be with his fiancée, LaSalle Corbin.
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Pickett came back to the Army of North Virginia for a great Victory at Chancellorville.
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General Robert E. Lee took the war north and engaged a big Union force commanded by General George E. Meade.
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He arrived that night.
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Lee came up with an assault at Meades center even though General Longstreet protested the Idea. He planned to have 15,000 men charge. The Union was shot at by Confederate artillery for 2 hours and then Pickett lead his men out. They were instantly under intense artillery fire from the Union and had many casualties. They drove forward into rifle range and lost many. Amazingly the survivors climbed the stone wall and into Hancocks position, but the Union made the 5,000 survivors retreat.
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Pickett attempted to take New Berne from the Union but lost the battle.
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Pickett fought very good in the beginning, however he was countered and lost the battle. Probably because he lost when he was attending a fish bake two miles behind the Lines of Fitzhugh Lee and didn't tell anybody he left.
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Lee had to abandon Richmond and Petersburg after the loss at Five Forks. Lee relieved Pickett the day before he surrendered at Appomattox Court House.