James Longstreet
At a glance:
- Series: Magill’s Guide to Military History
- Categories: Military History
- Subcategories: Generals, Military Officers, Soldiers, Wars, Battles, American Civil War, Civil Wars, Coups
- Curriculum: American History 1901-1950, American History 1816-1855, American Civil War & Reconstruction Era (1856-1877), American History 1878-1900
Article abstract: Military significance: Longstreet, Robert E. Lee’s second in command for most of the war, obeyed Lee and ordered a charge on Cemetery Ridge at Gettysburg, which was driven back at great cost to the Confederates and ended the battle.
James Longstreet served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican-American War (1846-1848). When the American Civil War (1861-1865) started, Longstreet resigned his commission in the U.S. Army and offered his services to the Confederacy. By the Battle of the First Bull Run (1861), he had been promoted to the rank of...
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