Talk:Richard B. Garnett

In memorial of Garnett
Richard Brook Garnett figures prominately in the 1993(?) movie "Gettysburg". His demise remains somewhat of a mystery although he obviously died in what is popularly known as "Pickett's Charge". The movie and the book "The Killer Angels" suggests an extreme devotion to duty, although both movie and book are speculative. The town of Henderson NC named its main street after one (or both) of the Garnett cousins... Engr105th 06:13, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

Ancestry ?
The article mentions his cousin, Robert Seldon Garnett...I wonder if the family descended from Thomas Garnett, who was one of the "Ancient Planters" (The earliest colonists) of Jamestown, Virginia ? Engr105th 15:31, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

Garnett body?
A Union officer Colonel Norman J. Hall of 3rd Brigade/II Division reported "...The Second Brigade had again joined the right of my line, which now occupied the position orginally held by that command. Generals Garnett and Armistead {of Pickett's Division} were picked up near this point, together with many colonels and officers of other grades." Possibly providing an explanation of why Garnett's body was never found —Preceding unsigned comment added by 134.53.145.70 (talk) 20:40, 6 June 2009 (UTC)

James L. Kemper
In part of the Garnett's article (Gettysburg and death) it is written that Garnett died along with Armistead and Kemper, but in Kemper's article it says that he (Kemper) was in the division that led Pickett's Charge, in which he was wounded and captured but rescued. Kemper died on April 7, 1895.  Ro voo bo   ob oov oR  01:46, 9 January 2011 (UTC)

Garnett (along with Armistead[5] and Kemper) would be three of the 17 Confederate general officers lost during the three-day battle.

On a second reading it says he was lost during the three-day battle which doesn't necessarily mean dead. But perhaps needs to be better worded to avoid confusion?  Ro voo bo   ob oov oR  02:02, 9 January 2011 (UTC)


 * Yes, that was confusing, using "lost" as a synonym for "casualty." I have corrected it. Thanks for pointing it out. Hal Jespersen (talk) 19:04, 9 January 2011 (UTC)

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