Bill Lane Center Winter Seminar - Pickett's Other Charge: The Hidden History of Jimmie Pickett, the Confederate General's "Fine Little Half Breed Boy"

Before George Edward Pickett led his eponymous charge at Gettysburg, he served as a U.S. Army officer in Washington State, where he fathered a child with a Native American woman. This talk by the Stanford political science department's Scott D. Sagan, explores issues of race and gender in the context of the relationships between Army officers and Native American women in the antebellum Pacific Northwest.

When:
Thursday, February 7, 2013. 12:00 PM.
Approximate duration of 1.0 hour(s).
Where:
Jerry Yang & Akiko Yamazaki Environment & Energy Building 473 Via Ortega, Rm. 300 Stanford, CA 94305 (Map)
Sponsor:
Bill Lane Center for the American West, Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity
Admission:

Open with registration. RSVP by Feb 4, 2013 (Mon).

For more information and registration, visit http://west.stanford.edu/events/pickett's-other-charge-hidden-history-jimmie-pickett-confederate-general's-"fine-little-half-

Audience:
General Public, Faculty/Staff, Students
Tags:
lecture
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http://events.stanford.edu/events/358/35887

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