General James Longstreet

An outstanding battlefield commander, James Longstreet was called "my old war horse" by Robert E. Lee. But Longstreet's role at Gettysburg sullied his reputation forever. Wert uses unpublished memoirs and diaries to restore a balanced view of the career of one of America's great soldiers. 16-page photo insert.

CONTENTS

List of Maps

Preface

1 SOLDIER'S JOURNEY

2 SOLDIER'S TRADE

3 MANASSAS

4 GENERALS

5 TOWARD RICHMOND

6 A "MISUNDERSTANDING" AT SEVEN PINES

7 "THE STAFF IN MY RIGHT HAND"

8 RETURN TO MANASSAS

9 "MY OLD WAR-HORSE"

10 "I WILL KILL THEM ALL"

11 INDEPENDENT COMMAND

12 COLLISION IN PENNSYLVANIA

13 GETTYSBURG, JULY 2, 1863

14 "NEVER WAS I SO DEPRESSED"

15 "LONGSTREET IS THE MAN"

16 "NOTHING BUT THE HAND OF GOD CAN SAVE US"

17 KNOXVILLE

18 "THE IMPOSSIBLE POSITION THAT I HELD"

19 TWO ROADS

20 FINAL JOURNEY

Notes

Bibliography

Index