Lewis Addison Armistead (February 18, 1817 â July 5, 1863), born in New Bern, North Carolina, 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. He was wounded and captured by Union troops and died in a field hospital two days later.
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