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James Longstreet (January 8, 1821 – January 2, 1904) was a Confederate general who served during the American Civil War and was the principal subordinate to General Robert E. Lee, who called him his "Old War Horse". He served under Lee as a corps commander for most of the battles fought by the Army of Northern Virginia in the Eastern Theater ...
Longstreet (TV series) Longstreet. (TV series) James Franciscus as Longstreet, 1971. Longstreet is an American police procedural that was broadcast on ABC in the 1971–1972 season (see 1971 in television ). A 90-minute pilot movie of the same name aired prior to the debut of the series as an ABC Movie of the Week .
Nov 9, 2009 · James Longstreet was a U.S. Army officer, government official and most famously a lieutenant general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War (1861-65). One of Robert E. Lee’s most trusted ...
Nov 13, 2023 · Longstreet also spent much of his time setting the record straight, as he saw it, regarding his wartime accomplishments. In 1896, he published a 690-page memoir, roundly denounced by adherents of ...
Nov 20, 2023 · To be sure, Longstreet had a lot to be mopey about. Most crucially, as depicted in Ronald Maxwell’s 1993 film Gettysburg, Longstreet advised Lee, on the second day of the 1863 battle, that a ...
Jan 14, 2021 · At Gettysburg’s 1888 grand reunion, Confederate outcast James Longstreet turned man of the hour—but his memory tour was almost fatal. For sheer star power, no gathering of Union and Confederate veterans rivaled the Grand Reunion at Gettysburg in 1888. “There are so many Generals and other chieftains here,” a newspaper marveled, “that ...
Longstreet: Created by Stirling Silliphant. With James Franciscus, Marlyn Mason, Peter Mark Richman, Ann Doran. The cases of a blind insurance investigator.
James Longstreet. Date of Birth - Death January 8, 1821 – January 2, 1904. Perhaps no Confederate officer is surrounded by more controversy than James Longstreet. Called “Old Pete” and “My Old War Horse” by Gen. Robert E. Lee, Longstreet was Lee’s trusted advisor and friend. But, after the war, Longstreet became the target of many ...
One of the most controversial generals of the Confederacy, James Longstreet (1821–1904) was born in South Carolina but spent most of his early years in Georgia. An 1842 graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, Longstreet displayed conspicuous bravery during the Mexican War. In 1861, he resigned his commission and joined ...
Mar 16, 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.”.
