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Pickett

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Pick·ett  (pkt), Bill 1871-1932.
American rodeo star and actor who gained fame as a member of an internationally popular traveling rodeo show. In 1971 he became the first African-American cowboy inducted into the Cowboy Hall of Fame.
Pickett, George Edward 1825-1875.
American Confederate general known for leading the disastrous Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg (1863), in which three fourths of his troops were lost.
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Noun1.PickettPickett - American Confederate general known for leading a disastrous charge at Gettysburg (1825-1875)
George Edward Pickett


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A few days before the surrender at Appomattox a thunderous engagement between the commands of Sheridan and Pickett was unknown to the latter commander, a mile in the rear of his own line.
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