Lewis Addison Armistead

By tfrix
  • Lewis's Father Leaves to Fight

    Lewis's Father Leaves to Fight

    Many of Lewis's family served in the army. Including his father and five uncles in the Battle of 1812.

  • Born

    Lewis was born in New Berne, North Carolina.
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    Lewis Addison Armistead's Life

  • Lewis Accepts An Appointment to West Point

    Lewis Accepts An Appointment to West Point

  • Resigned from U.S. Military Academy at Westpoint

  • Joins the Army

    Lewis becomes a cadet in the U.S. military.

  • Fights Under His Father

    He is assingened to the regular army to fight in the Seminole wars in Florida.

  • Fights in the Mexican War

    Lewis fights as a captian in the war.

  • Lewis Marries to His First Wife Cecilia Lee Love

  • Lewis Gives Birth to His First Son Walker Keith Armistead

  • Lee's Wife Give Birth to Their First Daughter Flora Lee

  • Lewis Starts to Recruit

    After the Mexican War lewis is assinged to recruit in Kannsas.

  • Lewis's Dauhter Flora Lee Died

  • Lewis's Wife Celcia Dies From an Unknown Cause

  • Lewis Remarries

    Lewis marries widowed Cornelia L.T. Jamesson.

  • Lewis's Second Wife Dies

    Cornelia L.T. Jamesson dies from cholera. Durin a cholera epedimic that swept across America.
  • Joins the Fight Agianst the North

    Joins the Fight Agianst the North

    Lewis resigns from the U.S. army and joins the Confederate as a major.

  • The Civil War Starts

  • Made a Brigadier General in Pickett’s Division

    He led his first charge at Battle of Malvern Hill.

  • Lewis Fights in the Battle of Seven Pines

  • Fights in Fredricksburg

    Lewis and his brigade see almost no action.

  • Leads Charge at Gettesburg

    He is most know for this charge at Picket's Charge, in the battle of Gettesburg.

  • Death in Gettysburg, Virginia

    Lewis Died 48 hours after leading "Pickets Cherge."