Lewis Armistead

Lewis Armistead

Mexican-American War

  • Battle of Chapultepec

Mohave War

  • Battle of the Colorado River

American Civil War

  • Battle of Seven Pines
  • Seven Days Battles
    • Battle of Malvern Hill
  • Battle of Fredericksburg
  • Battle of Gettysburg
    • Pickett's Charge†

Lewis Addison Armistead (February 18, 1817 – July 5, 1863) was a Confederate brigadier general in the American Civil War, who was wounded, captured, and died after Pickett's Charge at the Battle of Gettysburg.

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