james longstreet                      

January 8, 1821 – January 2, 1904

South- the Confederacy Birthplace: Edgefield District, SC South- the Confederacy As General, he commands: First Corps, Army of Northern Virginia Location of death: Gainesville, GA

james longstreet Smart Peaceable Protects people Strong Cautious

civil war James Longstreet first offered his services after resigning his commission as a Major in the United States army, were he had served during the Mexican-American War.

The Road to Gettysburg Gettysburg, Longstreet offered a plan to Lee and the Richmond government. Longstreet's plan was not adopted that June.

Western Theater action Remarkable achievements- Most modern General of the South, called “The Old War Horse” by Lee. Battles he won: Second Bull Run -Aug. 28-30, 1862, Fredericksburg Dec.13, 1862, and Chickamauga- Sept. 18-20, 1863.

At Fredericksburg, a Confederate Victory-Dec. 13, 1862 The Northern Army suffered terrible lose of life here.

Chickamauga

Knoxville and beyond Longstreet under-supplied and plagued by dissension, was defeated in his attempt to take Knoxville As the war goes on the South has less of men, and materials and the Army suffers. They start to lose.

After the war He openly criticized Lee for his actions. He became a Republican, the political party largely responsible for the hated Reconstruction policies in the South. He wrote a letter that was condemned in several newspapers across the South for his advice to southerners.

His return to Georgia Accepting the job of Federal Marshal, Longstreet returned to Georgia in June of 1881 from Europe where he was the U.S. Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire.

House U.S. Commissioner of Railroads He had a good life before he died at home.

The End by: Michael Chi