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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Varon begins by reviewing Longstreet’s Civil War record, from Second Bull Run Manassas, through Fredericksburg, Knoxville, Gettysburg, Chickamauga ... the champions of the “Lost Cause” built upon the ...

But his luck changed for the worse at Gettysburg ... Quickly promoted to colonel and then brigadier general, he led a brigade under James Longstreet's command. Known for his immaculate appearance ...

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.