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Who commanded the disastrous assault on Union positions, including Pickett's division, on the final day of Gettysburg?

  • Robert E. Lee

  • George Pickett

  • Ulysses S. Grant

  • Stonewall Jackson

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Robert E. Lee commanded the disastrous assault on Union positions, including Pickett's division, on the final day of Gettysburg. He had hoped to break through the Union lines and turn the tide of the battle, but his army was outnumbered and outgunned. The attack was a complete failure, and Lee's army was forced to retreat.
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