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16 Mac 2024 · James Longstreet was born in Edgefield District, South Carolina, on January 8, 1821, while his mother was visiting his mother-in-law. He was the fifth child and third son of James and Mary Ann Dent Longstreet. Longstreet’s parents owned a cotton plantation in northeast Georgia. When Longstreet was a boy, his father nicknamed him “Pete.”
General James Longstreet, along with around 10,000 men from his corps in the Army of Northern Virginia, were dispatched towards Chattanooga. Moving across hundreds of miles through the Confederate heartland, Longstreet's men arrived in Ringgold, Georgia just as the Battle of Chickamauga commenced. His troops boosted Confederate numbers to give ...
19 Okt 2006 · A veteran of the Mexican War (1846-48) and a Republican politician, James Longstreet was one of the most prominent and controversial figures of the Civil War (1861-65). Early Life Born on January 8, 1821, in the Edgefield district of South Carolina, not far from Augusta, Longstreet always considered himself a Georgian. His parents, Mary Anna […]
3 Jul 2019 · James Longstreet was born on January 8, 1821 in southwest South Carolina. The son of James and Mary Ann Longstreet, he spent his early years on the family's plantation in northeast Georgia. During this time, his father nicknamed him Peter due to his solid, rock-like character. This stuck and for much of his life he was known as Old Pete.
21 Mei 2018 · Longstreet, James (1821–1904), Civil War general.Born in South Carolina, Longstreet grew up in Gainesville and Augusta, Georgia. Graduating from West Point in 1842, he served in the Mexican War and was a major when, in June 1861, he resigned, offering his services to the Confederacy. Longstreet was commissioned brigadier general in June 1861 ...
James Longstreet. James Longstreet (* 8. Januar 1821 im Edgefield District, South Carolina; † 2. Januar 1904 in Gainesville, Georgia) war bis 1861 Offizier des US-Heeres, danach General im konföderierten Heer und nach dem Sezessionskrieg Inspekteur der Zollverwaltung in New Orleans, Kommandeur der Staatspolizei und der Miliz in New Orleans ...
13 Nov 2023 · As Elizabeth R. Varon observes in Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South, her compelling new biography of James Longstreet, Robert E. Lee’s second in command, the Lost Cause ...
