James Longstreet
James Longstreet
James Longstreetwas one of the foremost Confederate generals of the American Civil War and the principal subordinate to General Robert E. Lee, who called him his "Old War Horse." He served under Lee as a corps commander for many of the famous battles fought by the Army of Northern Virginia in the Eastern Theater, but also with Gen. Braxton Bragg in the Army of Tennessee in the Western Theater. Biographer and historian Jeffry D. Wert wrote that "Longstreet ... was...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWar Hero
Date of Birth8 January 1821
CountryUnited States of America
James Longstreet quotes about
That man will fight us every day and every hour till the end of the war.
Pickett's lines being nearer, the impact was heaviest upon them.
About the city, here and there, a few soldiers could be seen, but there was no indication of the heavy masses that were concealed by the houses.
In a very short time the army of Northern Virginia was face to face with the Army of the Potomac.
I hope to live long enough to see my surviving comrades march side by side with the Union veterans along Pennsylvania Avenue, and then I will die happy.