General George Pickett

ID: 548 ~ Source: E. & H.T. Anthony, 501 Broadway, New York ~ Creator: E. & H.T. Anthony ~ Date: 1860

This file appears in: The Unknown Mrs. Pickett

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photographic formal studio head and bust portrait of General George E. Pickett, in Confederate Civil War military uniform , undated, ca. 1860, "published by E. & H.T. Anthony, 501 Broadway, New York, manufacturers of the best photographic albums"stamped on verso of print.

This file appears in: The Unknown Mrs. Pickett

The Unknown Mrs. Pickett – The soon-to-be famous George Pickett married a Native woman in 1857--but we do not know a lot about her, not even her name

By Brooke Nicholson

George Pickett arrived in the Pacific Northwest a widower, his first wife having died in childbirth when he was stationed in Texas. He was stationed at Fort Bellingham when, in 1857, he married the second Mrs. Pickett, a Haida teenager. Such a…