At the Battle of Gettysburg, General Robert E Lee... ordered Pickett's Charge as a daring retreat for his men.
experienced his greatest victory in the Civil War.
suffered heavy losses and did not mount another offensive into the north.
captured control of two key northern cities.

The three steps before modern english were indo-european, germanic, and old english. as peoples moved around the eurasian continent, their languages changed. throughout the ages, the languages became more specialized. as english has many germanic influences, it is easy to see how this was one of the forebears. also, old english was one of the main ancestors of the modern language, spoken in the 5th through about the 13th centuries.

The american anti-slavery society (aass) (1833–1870) was an abolitionist society founded by william lloyd garrison, and arthur tappan. frederick douglass, an escaped slave, was a key leader of this society who often spoke at its meetings.