The Genealogy of David L. Moody & Yvonne L. La Pointe. - Person Sheet
NameLewis Addison ARMISTEAD ®134
Birth17 Feb 1817, New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina, USA ®134
Death3 Jul 1863, Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA ®134
Misc. Notes
He was appointed to West Point in 1834, but left and was graduated from a North Carolina Military School. On 18 Jul 1839 he entered the U. S. Army as a Second Lieutenant and resigned as a Major on 26 May 1861 to join the Confederate Army. He died a Confederate hero as a General, leading Pickett's charge at the Battle of Gettysburg.
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