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 Wert uses unpublished memoirs and diaries to restore a balanced view of the career of one of America's great soldiers. 16-page photo insert.
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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
