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James Longstreet (January 8, 1821 – January 2, 1904) was a Confederate general who served during the American Civil War and was the principal subordinate to General Robert E. Lee, who called him his "Old War Horse".
James Longstreet (8 de enero de 1821 - 2 de enero de 1904) fue uno de los más destacados generales confederados de la guerra civil estadounidense, teniendo posteriormente una exitosa carrera posguerra trabajando para el gobierno de sus antiguos enemigos como diplomático y administrador.
9 de nov. de 2009 · Learn about James Longstreet, a Confederate lieutenant general who fought in both the Eastern and Western Theaters of the Civil War. Find out his role in battles such as Gettysburg, Chickamauga and the Wilderness, and his controversial postwar career.
13 de nov. de 2023 · And in 1998, an equestrian statue was installed of James Longstreet, one of the Confederacy’s most successful generals, present at the battle but never before memorialized at Gettysburg.
2 de may. de 2024 · James Longstreet was a Confederate officer during the American Civil War. A graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York (1842), he resigned from the U.S. Army when his native state seceded from the Union (December 1860); he was made a brigadier general in the Confederate Army.
Learn about the life and career of James Longstreet, a Confederate lieutenant general and Robert E. Lee's trusted advisor. Explore his achievements, controversies, and legacy in the Civil War.
22 de dic. de 2021 · James Longstreet was a Confederate General who served as Robert E. Lee’s second-in-command for most of Lee’s tenure as commander of the Army of Northern Virginia during the American Civil War (1861–1865).
