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No, the charge made by General George Pickett's division was not successful. Pickett's division was all but destroyed and had the Union General Meade been able, he may have indeed destroyed the Lee's army.

It is also believed that 10,000 men were either captured, wounded, or killed during the charge.

Source: Civil War Battles, Johnson and McLaughlin, 1977

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