In “Longstreet,” Elizabeth R. Varon dissects the life and legacy of a Confederate general who became a devoted supporter of Reconstruction. By Brenda Wineapple Brenda Wineapple is currently a fellow ...

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 ...

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 ...

Much has been written about how, in the late summer of 1863, elements of the Army of Northern Virginia, under Lt. Gen. James Longstreet were sent west and played a major role in the Confederate ...

Within the military, far and away the greatest influence of the lost cause of the Confederacy is in the Army: 10 major Army posts were named for Confederates, two Navy ships, and essentially nothing ...

James Longstreet's hesitancy and differences of opinion with Robert E. Lee have often marred his historical image. Although generally respected for his military prowess, he is often blamed for the ...

The South’s most astute commander, he was an ardent defender of slavery, but his sudden Reconstruction conversion brought down fires of vengeance that burned James Longstreet’s reputation for a ...

A key subordinate to Gen. Robert E. Lee, Gen. James Longstreet was instrumental in the Confederate victory at the Battle of Chickamauga and active after the war in advocating for racial reconciliation ...

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JAMES LONGSTREET: LEE’S WAR HORSE—H. J. Eckenrode and Bryan Conrad—University of North Carolina Press ($3.50). On the afternoon of July 3, 1863, with the echoes of the greatest cannonade in U. S.

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. The Frederick Hill Meserve Collection comprises more than five thousand Civil War-era portrait negatives from the ...