Pettigrew’s Division

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Pettigrew’s Division was a Confederate infantry division in the American Civil War, best known for its pivotal role in the climactic assault at Gettysburg often referred to as Pickett’s Charge.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Confederate infantry division ⓘ
military unit ⓘ
allegiance Confederate States of America ⓘ
associatedWith Pickett’s Division ⓘ
Trimble’s Division ⓘ
branch Confederate States Army ⓘ
casualties suffered very high losses in Pickett’s Charge ⓘ
commander Henry Heth ⓘ
James Johnston Pettigrew ⓘ
commandStructure served in A. P. Hill’s Third Corps at Gettysburg ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
country Confederate States of America ⓘ
engagement Battle of Gettysburg ⓘ
Gettysburg, third day infantry assault ⓘ
Pickett’s Charge ⓘ
formation division ⓘ
frontageAtGettysburg left-center of Confederate assault line on July 3, 1863 ⓘ
higherCommandDuringGettysburg III Corps under A. P. Hill ⓘ
historicalReputation often overshadowed by Pickett’s Division in popular memory ⓘ
sustained heavy casualties during Pickett’s Charge ⓘ
locationOfNotableAction Cemetery Ridge ⓘ
namedAfter James Johnston Pettigrew ⓘ
notableCommanderRank brigadier general James Johnston Pettigrew ⓘ
major general Henry Heth ⓘ
linked to: Henry Heth
notableEventDate July 3, 1863 ⓘ
notableFor participation in Pickett’s Charge ⓘ
role in the Battle of Gettysburg ⓘ
opposedBy Army of the Potomac ⓘ
Union Army ⓘ
opposingForceAtGettysburg Union II Corps ⓘ
Union infantry and artillery on Cemetery Ridge ⓘ
participatedIn Longstreet’s grand assault at Gettysburg ⓘ
partOf Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ
roleAtGettysburg assaulted Cemetery Ridge on July 3, 1863 ⓘ
side Confederate ⓘ
subordinateTo III Corps (Army of Northern Virginia) ⓘ
theater Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
type infantry ⓘ

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Cemetery Ridge → attackedBy → Pettigrew's Division ⓘ
linked to: Pettigrew’s Division
Union II Corps line → opposedBy → Pettigrew’s Division ⓘ