George Edward Pickett

ID: 270 ~ Creator: Photo courtesy of California State University, Chico

This file appears in: A Lonely Officer's Quarters at the Edge of the World

This military portrait of Pickett was taken ca. 1866, several years after his humiliating defeat at Gettysburg.

This file appears in: A Lonely Officer's Quarters at the Edge of the World

A Lonely Officer's Quarters at the Edge of the World – General George Pickett's home on San Juan Island

General George Pickett is perhaps best known for his time in the Confederate Army, but his military career did not begin at Gettysburg. Assigned to command Company D on San Juan Island, Captain Pickett arrived at the San Juan Islands in July 1859…