Pickett's Charge in History and Memory (Carol Reardon - GC) horizon By looking back to their

By looking back to their first entries into public life

an award-winning study of Union cavalry delaying actions at Gettysburg

The small garden of her Gettysburg farm was often busy with guests

Offering new and definitive interpretations of the battle's place within the Atlanta campaign

Pickett's Charge in History and Memory (Carol Reardon - GC) horizon By looking back to theirby Carol Reardon 1998 Forrest C. Pogue Prize, Eisenhower Center for American Studies 1998 Philip S. Klein Prize, Pennsylvania Historical Association If, as many have argued, the Civil War is the most crucial moment in our national life and Gettysburg its turning point, then the climax of the climax, the central moment of our history, must be Pickett's Charge. But as Carol Reardon notes, the Civil War saw many other daring assaults and stout defenses.