James Longstreet - Wikipedia
James Longstreet (January 8, 1821 – January 2, 1904) was a Confederate general during the American Civil War and was the principal subordinate to General Robert E. Lee, who called him his "Old War Horse".
James Longstreet ‑ General, Civil War & Facts - HISTORY
Nov 9, 2009 · James Longstreet was a U.S. Army officer, government official and most famously a lieutenant general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War (1861-65).
James Longstreet (1821–1904) - Encyclopedia Virginia
Dec 22, 2021 · James Longstreet, at the head of the largely black Louisiana state militia, is shot and briefly held prisoner during a riot in New Orleans, Louisiana. The rioters are members of the Crescent City White League, a white supremacist organization attempting to overthrow the government of Louisiana.
James Longstreet - American Battlefield Trust
Perhaps no Confederate officer is surrounded by more controversy than James Longstreet. Called “Old Pete” and “My Old War Horse” by Gen. Robert E. Lee, Longstreet was Lee’s trusted advisor and friend.
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Jan 4, 2025 · James Longstreet was a Confederate officer during the American Civil War. A graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York (1842), he resigned from the U.S. Army when his native state seceded from the Union (December 1860); he was made a brigadier general in the Confederate Army.
James Longstreet - New Georgia Encyclopedia
Oct 19, 2006 · James Longstreet, a general during the Civil War, grew up primarily in Georgia, where from the age of nine he was raised by his uncle Augustus Baldwin Longstreet. He served as second-in-command to Robert E. Lee in the Army of Northern Virginia and in 1864 helped lead Confederate troops to victory at the Battle of Chickamauga, which was fought ...
Confederate General James Longstreet - American Civil War
Lieutenant General James Longstreet was arguably the finest corps commander on either side during the Civil War. He was severely wounded at the Battle of the Wilderness in Virginia on May 6, 1864, after a successful flank attack that nearly routed the Union army.
James Longstreet - U.S. National Park Service
General James Longstreet, along with around 10,000 men from his corps in the Army of Northern Virginia, were dispatched towards Chattanooga. Moving across hundreds of miles through the Confederate heartland, Longstreet's men arrived in Ringgold, Georgia just as the Battle of Chickamauga commenced.
General Longstreet - Longstreet Museum
General James Longstreet made three mistakes that have denied him his deserved place in Southern Posterity. 1. He argued with General Robert E. Lee at Gettysburg 2. He was right 3. He became a Republican. After the war, Longstreet moved to New Orleans where he became president of an insurance company and owned a cotton business.
James Longstreet - Ohio Civil War
Lieutenant General James Longstreet was one of Robert E. Lee's most trusted subordinates. However, his action — or inaction — at the Battle of Gettysburg created controversy that tarnished his military legacy in the eyes of many Southerners.