Although he had several times called the man his "Old War Horse," in the aftermath of Robert E. Lee's death, James Longstreet came in for unwarranted criticism from the fabricators of "The Lost Cause" ...
2019-08-31T17:59:34-04:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/d46/20190831180140003_hd.jpgAuthor Cory Pfarr gave a detailed reassessment of Confederate General James ...
They Met at Gettysburg” is a reissue that gives a general’s perspective to events leading up to the famous Civil War battle.
GETTYSBURG, Pa. (AP) – On the second day of fighting at Gettysburg, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee listened to scouting reports, scanned the battlefield and ordered his second-in-command, James ...
Last summer, our family toured the Gettysburg battlefield. I had read "The Civil War" by Shelby Foote years previous to our visit and felt a calling to visit this hallowed place. Foote's description ...
Offering an updated analysis rather than significant archival finds, Varon’s narrative bears out this familiar portrait of a worrying, wounded commander, even if she rejects previous scholars’ ...
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 ...
If you stand on Seminary Ridge at Gettysburg and look across the valley at the slope of Little Round Top, you can see why General Longstreet thought it was hopeless to try to take that hill. Now the ...
LONGSTREET had half New Jersey blood and probably part Dutch. It shows in him. He is far more the modern, practical nineteenth-century American than most of his fellows. What Southern romance he has ...
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 ...
GETTYSBURG, Pa.--If you're a Civil War buff, or even an amateur historian, you no doubt know the history of the battle for Gettysburg. One of the most famous battles of the Civil War, it was also one ...