1. james longstreet
                     

2. January 8, 1821 –
January 2, 1904

3. 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

4. james longstreet
Smart
Peaceable
Protects people
Strong
Cautious

5. 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.

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

7. 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 , 1862, Fredericksburg Dec.13, 1862, and Chickamauga- Sept , 1863.

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

9. Chickamauga

10. 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.

11. 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.

12. 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.

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

14. The End
by: Michael Chi