James Longstreet
James Longstreet 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". He served under Lee as a corps commander for most of the battles fought by the Army of Northern Virginia in the Eastern Theater, and briefly with Braxton Bragg in the Army of Tennessee in the Western Theater.
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- Born in
- Edgefield County
- Educated at
- United States Military AcademyAcademy of Richmond County
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Trending topics shown first"That man Grant will fight us everyday and every hour until the end of the war."
"The surrender of the Confederate armies in 1865 involved: 1. The surrender of the claim to the right of secession. 2. The surrender of the former political relations of the negro. 3. The surrender of …"
"General, I have been a soldier all my life. I have been with soldiers engaged in fights by couples, by squads, companies, regiments, divisions, and armies, and should know, as well as any one, what so…"
"If it wasn't about slavery, then I don't know what else it was about."
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1821
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Birth1904
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