Strelets-R 0148 1/72 American Civil War Picketts Charge

Pickett’s Charge 1

Pickett’s Charge, one of the most famous events of the American Civil War, has been described as the high water mark of the Confederacy and the turning point of the war, after which it became increasingly clear that the South could not win.

On the third day of the Battle of Gettysburg, some 12,500 confederate infantry advanced about a kilometer towards a well-defended Union line, all the time suffering from musket and cannon fire. Few reached the objective, and they soon had to retreat or surrender, but the horrific casualties (over 50 percent) and the perceived futility of the attack right from the start, meant it has remained in the American consciousness to this day.

However, it was far from the only example of formed infantry suffering huge losses as they approached a defended position, and countless thousands on both sides lost their lives using Napoleonic tactics against modern industrial weapons.

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