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In the book, Longstreet praises several Civil War officers but frequently disparages others, particularly his postwar detractors Jubal Early and Fitzhugh Lee. He expresses personal affection for Lee but is at times critical of his strategy. Piston argues that the quality of the book is diminished by bitterness and lack of objectivity.
The book has more content about Longstreet's activities after the Civil War, in the Reconstruction Era, compared to his activities during the war. [2] Varon also argued that people in the Southern United States chose to suppress the memory of Longstreet because of his postbellum pro-civil rights activism. [3]
Stephen Longstreet (April 18, 1907 – February 20, 2002) was an American writer and artist. [1] ... Longstreet's book, Nell Kimball: Her Life as an American Madam, ...
Ellen Dortch Longstreet, 1905. From the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs division. Before and after becoming a widow, Longstreet devoted much time to ensure that General Longstreet was accurately portrayed by history. In 1905, she documented her husband's account of the Civil War by publishing the book Lee and Longstreet at High Tide ...
Lee did tell Longstreet that Pickett's fresh division should lead the assault, so the name is appropriate, although some recent historians have used the name Pickett–Pettigrew–Trimble Assault (or, less frequently, Longstreet's Assault) to more fairly distribute the credit (or blame). With Hill sidelined, Pettigrew's and Trimble's divisions ...
General James Longstreet: The Confederacy's Most Controversial Soldier — 1993; Custer: The Controversial Life of George Armstrong Custer — 1996 [3] A Brotherhood Of Valor: The Common Soldiers of The Stonewall Brigade CSA and The Iron Brigade USA — 2000; Gettysburg, Day Three — 2002; The Sword of Lincoln: The Army of the Potomac — 2006
The Knoxville campaign [1] was a series of American Civil War battles and maneuvers in East Tennessee, United States, during the fall of 1863, designed to secure control of the city of Knoxville and with it the railroad that linked the Confederacy east and west, and position the First Corps under Lt. Gen. James Longstreet for return to the Army of Northern Virginia.
Henry Thomas Harrison (April 23, 1832 – October 28, 1923) was a spy for Confederate Lieutenant General James Longstreet during the American Civil War.He is best known for the information he gave Longstreet and General Robert E. Lee in the Gettysburg Campaign, which resulted in Lee converging on Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, thus causing the Battle of Gettysburg in July 1863.