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La Salle Corbell Pickett
1848–1931
A prolific lecturer and writer, she became one of the most visible champions of Confederate memory in the early 20th century. Her books and public appearances kept the story of George E. Pickett—and her own version of the Civil War—alive for decades after the fighting ended.
3 Audiobooks
The Fourth Massachusetts Cavalry in the Closing Scenes of the War for the Maintenance of the Union, from Richmond to Appomatox
by William B. Arnold, Edward T. (Edward Tracey) Bouvé, La Salle Corbell Pickett
Literary Hearthstones of Dixie
by La Salle Corbell Pickett
What Happened to Me
by La Salle Corbell Pickett
About the author
Born Sallie Ann Corbell in 1848, she was an American author, speaker, and activist who later became widely known as La Salle Corbell Pickett. She married Confederate general George E. Pickett in 1878, several years after the Civil War, and after his death she devoted much of her public life to preserving and promoting his reputation.
She wrote books and articles about the war and about her husband, including memoir-like works that helped shape popular Lost Cause memory for many readers. Beyond her writing, she was active on the lecture circuit and in memorial organizations, becoming a well-known public figure in her own right.
Modern historians often treat some of her most colorful stories with caution, but her influence is still significant. She remains important not only as a writer, but also as a key figure in how the Civil War was remembered and retold in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.