MILITARY PERSONNEL

Lewis Armistead

1817 - 1863

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Lewis Addison Armistead (February 18, 1817 – July 5, 1863) was a career United States Army officer who became a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. On July 3, 1863, as part of Pickett's Charge during the Battle of Gettysburg, Armistead led his brigade to the farthest point reached by Confederate forces during the charge, a point now referred to as the high-water mark of the Confederacy. However, he and his men were overwhelmed, and he was wounded and captured by Union troops. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lewis Armistead has received more than 615,280 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Lewis Armistead is the 1,905th most popular military personnel, the 9,071st most popular biography from United States and the 149th most popular American Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Lewis Armistead ranks 1,905 out of 2,058. Before him are Carl Gustav Fleischer, Moe Berg, Frank Buckles, Anthony Wayne, John Harding, 1st Baron Harding of Petherton, and Heinrich Hax. After him are Juan de Salcedo, Nikolai Yevmenov, John Abizaid, James Stockdale, Eddie Rickenbacker, and Christy Mathewson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1817, Lewis Armistead ranks 80. Before him are Richard S. Ewell, Palladius, Ramón de Campoamor y Campoosorio, Thomas Thomson, Hippolyte Mège-Mouriès, and Manuel Robles Pezuela. After him are Aleksandr Sukhovo-Kobylin, George Henry Lewes, Serafino Dubois, George Holyoake, Richard Spruce, and LeRoy Pope Walker. Among people deceased in 1863, Lewis Armistead ranks 55. Before him are Charles Robert Cockerell, William John Burchell, Manuel Basilio Bustamante, Nikolai Turczaninow, Juan Francisco de Vidal, and Juan Francisco Giró. After him are Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde, Miguel de San Román, John Buford, Earl Van Dorn, Sir James Outram, 1st Baronet, and John J. Crittenden.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lewis Armistead ranks 9,071 out of 20,380. Before him are Dustin Moskovitz (1984), Chris Mullin (1963), Howard Hanson (1896), Alison Eastwood (1972), Ann Dvorak (1911), and Anthony W. Gardiner (1820). After him are Justin Francis Rigali (1935), Yancy Butler (1970), Slim Pickens (1919), Naomi Judd (1946), Verne Gagne (1926), and Kelly Slater (1972).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, Lewis Armistead ranks 149. Before him are Edmund Kirby Smith (1824), Chesty Puller (1898), Lloyd Fredendall (1883), Moe Berg (1902), Frank Buckles (1901), and Anthony Wayne (1745). After him are John Abizaid (1951), James Stockdale (1923), Eddie Rickenbacker (1890), Christy Mathewson (1880), Willis Augustus Lee (1888), and Lisa Franchetti (1964).

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