Pickett's Charge In History And Memory

As the author notes the Civil War saw many daring assaults and stout defensesother than Picketts Charge at the Battle of Gettysburg. Why then is it thismaneuver... » 

As the author notes the Civil War saw many daring assaults and stout defensesother than Picketts Charge at the Battle of Gettysburg. Why then is it thismaneuverand not for example Richardsons Charge at Antietam or HumphreysAssault on Fredericksburgthat looms so large in the popular imagination? Thisinnovative study reveals why Picketts Charge endures so strongly. 23illustrations. «