On this day in 1864, Confederate Gen. James Longstreet became caught in the fire of his own troops during the Battle of the Wilderness, near Fredericksburg, Va., leaving his right arm paralyzed.

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General James Longstreet, was one of the “three persons of the South” whom President Andrew Johnson believed should “never receive amnesty.” President Johnson was half-right. Longstreet had “given the ...

The Confederate flag is seen at the monument for fallen Confederate soldiers in front of the State Congress building in South Carolina. Getty Born in 1821 in South Carolina, James Longstreet graduated ...

James Longstreet was the most loyal of Confederates. A Southerner, slave owner and second in command to Robert E. Lee, Longstreet, despite grave misgivings about Lee's strategy for the battle of ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Born in 1821 in South Carolina, James Longstreet graduated from West Point in 1842 and served with distinction in the Mexican War. As the officer corps split ...

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THIS is the story of General James Longstreet at Petersburg, near Appomattox, when he rolled over in his bed and found a civilian in his room; an old man with a string tie and an oddshaped collar.

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 ...

Lt. Gen. James Longstreet remains the Confederacy’s most controversial senior military leader. Born in 1821, the West Point graduate, like many of his future comrades in arms, served ably during the ...