lee led the confederate army's pickett's charge in the battle of gettysburg.
who led the confederate army's pickett's charge in the battle of gettysburg?
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on june 5, 1863, hooker realized that confederate general robert e. lee was moving his army north and began to follow them, keeping the army of the potomac between washington, d.c. and lee's forces. president lincoln accepted hooker's resignation as commanding general of the army of the potomac on june 27, 1863 and appointed major general george gordon meade to replace him. the 20th massachusetts volunteer infantry regiment, under its new colonel, paul j. revere, grandson of the hero of the american revolution of the same name, arrived in its position on cemetery ridge at gettysburg, pennsylvania on july 2, 1863, the second day of the battle of gettysburg. although not moved to the front line until later that night, the 20th massachusetts infantry came under shelling on the evening of july 2, 1863. eleven officers or men of the regiment were killed or severely wounded, including colonel revere, who was mortally wounded. the 20th massachusetts infantry was moved into the center of the line, about 100 yards to the left of a clump of trees that constituted the union center and was main objective pointed out by general lee. the confederate bombardment of union positions on cemetery ridge at gettysburg on the afternoon of july 3, 1863 was generally high and beyond the front line although the 20th massachusetts infantry regiment did suffer a few casualties during the shelling. the bombardment was followed by pickett's charge which the 20th massachusetts volunteer infantry took a key part in repelling. abbott was one of three unwounded officers in the regiment during pickett's charge and assumed command of the regiment when his superiors were wounded. the 20th massachusetts infantry waited until the confederates were close to the union line and then unleashed murderous volleys which broke the confederate army's advance at that point. realizing that they had repulsed the confederate advance at great loss to the attackers, the massachusetts soldiers began to shout "fredericksburg, fredericksburg" as they believed they had avenged their defeat and loss in that terrible battle. then, abbott had his men turn to help beat off the confederate attack on the union line at the clump of trees, which was at the very heart of the battle (the high water mark of the confederacy). although the battle had been won, over half of the enlisted men and 10 of the 13 officers of the 20th massachusetts volunteer infantry had been killed or wounded.
henry livermore abbott