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Lewis's Father Leaves to Fight
Many of Lewis's family served in the army. Including his father and five uncles in the Battle of 1812. -
Born
Lewis was born in New Berne, North Carolina. -
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Lewis Addison Armistead's Life
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Lewis Accepts An Appointment to West Point
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Resigned from U.S. Military Academy at Westpoint
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Joins the Army
Lewis becomes a cadet in the U.S. military. -
Fights Under His Father
He is assingened to the regular army to fight in the Seminole wars in Florida. -
Fights in the Mexican War
Lewis fights as a captian in the war. -
Lewis Marries to His First Wife Cecilia Lee Love
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Lewis Gives Birth to His First Son Walker Keith Armistead
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Lee's Wife Give Birth to Their First Daughter Flora Lee
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Lewis Starts to Recruit
After the Mexican War lewis is assinged to recruit in Kannsas. -
Lewis's Dauhter Flora Lee Died
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Lewis's Wife Celcia Dies From an Unknown Cause
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Lewis Remarries
Lewis marries widowed Cornelia L.T. Jamesson. -
Lewis's Second Wife Dies
Cornelia L.T. Jamesson dies from cholera. Durin a cholera epedimic that swept across America. -
Joins the Fight Agianst the North
Lewis resigns from the U.S. army and joins the Confederate as a major. -
The Civil War Starts
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Made a Brigadier General in Pickett’s Division
He led his first charge at Battle of Malvern Hill. -
Lewis Fights in the Battle of Seven Pines
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Fights in Fredricksburg
Lewis and his brigade see almost no action. -
Leads Charge at Gettesburg
He is most know for this charge at Picket's Charge, in the battle of Gettesburg. -
Death in Gettysburg, Virginia
Lewis Died 48 hours after leading "Pickets Cherge."
