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…showed last 75 words of 1013 total…Pickett's men had not yet even been in battle. General Pickett's did as he was commanded, the battle lasted two hours and nearly 15,000 Confederate soldiers lay dead. The Confederate Army retreated southward. Meade consulted his generals and 5 of the 8 counseled him not to pursue Lee. He did not and was severely criticized even though the Battle of Gettysburg was won. The South was defeated but it would take another year and 9 months before it surrendered.