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James Longstreet

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
James Longstreet 1821-1904, Confederate general in the American Civil War, b. Edgefield District, S.C. He graduated (1842) from West Point and served in the Mexican War, reaching the rank of major. At the outbreak of the Civil War he resigned from the U.S. army and became a Confederate brigadier general. He took part in the first battle of Bull Run and in the Peninsular campaign. His creditable performance at the second battle of Bull Run (1862), at Antietam, and at the battle of Fredericksburg led to his promotion (Oct., 1862) to lieutenant general. In 1862-63 he held a semi-independent... Read more
James Longstreet
James Longstreet General James Longstreet (1821-1904) fought on the side of the Confederacy in almost...the most noted commanders of the Confederate Army, General James Longstreet has been the subject of controversy since the U.S. Civil War... Read more
Longstreet, James
Longstreet, James (1821–1904), Civil War general...Piston , Lee's Tarnished Lieutenant: James Longstreet and His Place in Southern History , 1987. Jeffry D. Wert , General James Longstreet: The Confederacy's Most Controversial... Read more

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