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A Fresh Look at Lee's "Old War Horse" In recent years the “Lost Cause" school of southern history, championed by William Pendleton, Jubal Early, and others, that worked diligently to blame James ...

It is noon on July 2, 1863. Your most trusted general, James Longstreet, has arrived bringing with him two full divisions of troops. They have been marching all morning and can now be committed to ...

Varon begins by reviewing Longstreet’s Civil War record, from Second Bull Run Manassas, through Fredericksburg, Knoxville, Gettysburg, Chickamauga, and on to Appomattox. She then looks at his postwar ...

Although generally respected for his military prowess, he is often blamed for the Confederate defeat at Gettysburg for allowing Pickett's Charge to occur. Yet Longstreet remained a prominent ...

After Gettysburg, newspaper accounts sensationalized his role in the offensive, despite the fact that Longstreet was in command that day and that Pickett himself was never criticized by Lee.

Longstreet's I Corps marches and countermarches to avoid Union observation until finally, the attack begins in the afternoon. Union General Sickles' III Corps is shattered in the Peach Orchard ...