18 February 1827 A.D. New Bern, NC: GEN Lewis Armistead, CSA, Born—Leads Pickett’s Charge at Gettysburg & Mortally Wounded; Buried at Old St. Paul’s (Protestant) Episcopal Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland
18 February 1827 A.D. New Bern, NC: GEN Lewis Armistead, CSA, Born—Leads Pickett’s Charge at Gettysburg & Mortally Wounded; Buried at Old St. Paul’s (Protestant) Episcopal Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland Editors. “ 1827 – Confederate General Lewis Armistead is born in New Bern, North Carolina.” This Day in U.S. Military History. N.d. https://thisdayinusmilhist.wordpress.com/2014/02/18/february-18/ . Accessed 17 Feb 2015. 1827 – Confederate General Lewis Armistead is born in New Bern, North Carolina. Armistead is best known for leading Pickett’s Charge at Gettysburg, where he was mortally wounded. Armistead’s father, Walker Keith Armistead, and his five uncles served in the military during the War of 1812. One of them, George Armistead, commanded Fort McHenry at Baltimore during the British bombardment that produced the Star Spangled Banner. Lewis Armistead entered West Point in 1834 but did not graduate due to poor grades, although some sources indicate that the reason ...