James Longstreet
Confederate Army general (1821-1904) · United States · On the map · Politicians · Died at 82
James Longstreet was a Confederate general during the American Civil War and was the principal subordinate to General Robert E. Lee, who called him his "Old War Horse".
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Antebellum portrait of Longstreet
Sketch of Longstreet as a Confederate
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August 30, 4 p.m.: Start of Longstreet's attack
Longstreet circa 1862
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Longstreet at Gettysburg c. 1900About this person
He served under Lee as a corps commander for most of the battles fought by the Army of Northern Virginia in the Eastern Theater, and briefly with Braxton Bragg in the Army of Tennessee in the Western Theater.
