Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Richard Brooke Garnett (November 21, 1817 July 3, 1863) was a career United States Army officer and a Confederate general in the American Civil War. He was killed during Pickett''s Charge at the Battle of Gettysburg. Garnett was born on the "Rose Hill" estate in Essex County, Virginia, the son of William Henry Garnett and Anna Maria Brooke. He had a twin brother, William, who died in Norfolk in 1855. He was the cousin of Robert Selden Garnett, also a Confederate general, who holds the dubious distinction of being the first general officer killed during the Civil War. Both of the cousins graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1841, with Richard standing 29th out of 52 cadets, two spots below Robert. Garnett was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the 6th U.S. Infantry and he served in a variety of posts in Florida, fighting the Seminoles,and then in the West, where he commanded Fort Laramie, rode with the Mormon Expedition, and was a noted Indian fighter.