 - Munguva iyi, mukuru mukuru weConfederate James Longstreet akakomba taundi rachonavarume 20 000 pakati paApril 11 naMay 4, 1863 apo vaiunganidza zvinhu zveHondo yeNorthern Virginia. Mukati mokukombwa, Mukuru Mukuru George Pickett aizobvunda kuti asangane nomudiwa wake uye nokukurumidza kuva mudzimai LaSalle Sallie Ann Corbell weNansemond County. Longstreet akarayirwa kuti abve pabasa naGeneral Robert E. Lee uye adzokere kuHondo yeNorthern Virginia paFredericksburg. Mwedzi miviri gare gare musi waJuly 3, mauto eUnion akasiya taundi racho nokuda kwezvikonzero zvokuronga, sezvakasarudzwa naGeneral John Adams Dix. 