The charge came from mistaken orders, sending the light cavalry to the wrong place.
It resulted in the loss of 40% of the attacking force, about 270 men.
At Gettysburg, General Lee ordered attacks on foot against troops dug into high ground.
That resulted in the loss of 37% of Lee's force, about 28,000 men.
Getting ahead of time a wee bit...
Somewhere at home I have a book on Gettysburg that proposes the theory that Picket’s Charge was to have taken place in conjunction with an attack by Stuart’s Calvary.
Unfortunately for Picket and the rest of the Confederate infantry Stuart ran into the Michigan Calvary units led by among others, Custer!
The Federal Calvary fought the Confederates to a stand still and left the Confederate infantry to the tender mercies of the entrenched Federal forces.
Regards
alfa6 ;>}
After the “Pickett-Pettigrew-Trimble Charge” Lee told Pickett he needed to look after his division. Pickett responded “General Lee, I have no division”.