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battlefield. all confederates killed in action were reburied in the south. 7 remained by mista. all confederates were later reburied in the south. those seven remain bid mistake. >> in the fall of 1998, ed picket is stunned to learn the civil war artifacts he sold to appraiser russ pritchard for $87,000 are later resold for $880,000. >> i was pissed, because it's not really just me that had been ripped off, but my children. so that's when i got a lawyer. >> the family heirlooms belonged to his great great grandfather, george e. picket, whose name is synonymous with the failed rib el charge at gettysburg. in 1998, he heads into battle
1/10th the value. in the end, there was a superseding criminal indictment that had more than 20 counts inc it. >> faced with the mountain of evidence against him, pritchard strikes a deal inh 2001 with prosecutors andnd pleads guilty. he's sentenced to a year in prison and $830,000 restitution pay. but -- >> russ pritchard doesn't seem to have the money. i've received a total of maybe r $25,000. >> look in the camera and tell russ pritchard what you want him to do? >> i would like him to pay the restitution. but moreover, i would like the national civil war museum return my items to me. >> so what about that? ed picket's charge against the museum, next.ta ickly become theg you think about.
coffee. mostly cubes. the catch is just one per customer. >> you get what you get and you -- >> fine. take a look at this a direct descendant in namesake of the officer who gave picket's charge at get tysburg. >> that old cap was worn by general picket at gettysburg. there's his uniform sleeve. personal letters, photos his military sash. and this, picket's own handdrawn map of the the battlefield. >> he was delighted. it's like he found a gold mine. >> it's a sneak peek of strange inheritan inheritance. i got goose bumps. >> swindled. he -- you have to see the episode to see what happened to him. but for so many years, ed picket
was known as picket because he was embarrassed. we learned it in school, it didn't go very well. he led his soldiers into battle and many of them died. but as we started to go through the history and see those civil war and gettysburg memorabilia, this is about learning about these incredible family legacies and this is an incredible story. this is what can happen if you don't research what something is worth. ed picket realizes now that general george picket was a great soldier. he's a great great grandson of him and he was doing what he was ordered to do. that's one of the episodes. >> were these artificates in the family all these years? >> all these years in a suit case. this civil war and gettysburg expert says i'm buying it for a museum and i'll pay you $80,000