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Which battle did Pickett's division miss while participating in the Suffolk Campaign?
Battle of Bull Run
Battle of Appomattox Court House
Battle of Chancellorsville
Battle of Antietam
Answer
During the Suffolk Campaign, George E. Pickett's division missed the Battle of Chancellorsville, which was fought by the rest of the Army of Northern Virginia from April 30 to May 6, 1863. The Suffolk Campaign, fought by the Army of Northern Virginia's Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia, was a diversionary campaign to keep Union forces from reinforcing the Army of the Potomac at Chancellorsville.
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