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Book Synopsis Longstreet at Gettysburg by : Cory M. Pfarr
Download or read book Longstreet at Gettysburg written by Cory M. Pfarr and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2019-02-28 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book-length, critical analysis of Lieutenant General James Longstreet's actions at the Battle of Gettysburg. The author argues that Longstreet's record has been discredited unfairly, beginning with character assassination by his contemporaries after the war and, persistently, by historians in the decades since. By closely studying the three-day battle, and conducting an incisive historiographical inquiry into Longstreet's treatment by scholars, this book presents an alternative view of Longstreet as an effective military leader, and refutes over a century of negative evaluations of his performance.
Book Synopsis General James Longstreet by : Jeffry D. Wert
Download or read book General James Longstreet written by Jeffry D. Wert and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1994-12 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Argues that Longstreet was unfairly blamed for the defeat at Gettysburg.
Book Synopsis Longstreet at Gettysburg by : Cory M. Pfarr
Download or read book Longstreet at Gettysburg written by Cory M. Pfarr and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2019-03-13 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book-length, critical analysis of Lieutenant General James Longstreet's actions at the Battle of Gettysburg. The author argues that Longstreet's record has been discredited unfairly, beginning with character assassination by his contemporaries after the war and, persistently, by historians in the decades since. By closely studying the three-day battle, and conducting an incisive historiographical inquiry into Longstreet's treatment by scholars, this book presents an alternative view of Longstreet as an effective military leader, and refutes over a century of negative evaluations of his performance.
Book Synopsis Lee and Longstreet at Gettysburg by : Glenn Tucker
Download or read book Lee and Longstreet at Gettysburg written by Glenn Tucker and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Lee and Longstreet at High Tide by : Helen Dortch Longstreet
Download or read book Lee and Longstreet at High Tide written by Helen Dortch Longstreet and published by Corinthian Press. This book was released on 1904 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: General Robert E. Lee, in the early years of the war was unmatched as a tactician, and after his victories in 1862 and early 1863, he seemed unbeatable. The First Corps of his army was commanded by the competent James Longstreet, affectionately called "my old warhorse" by General Lee. Realizing the evolving nature of combat, Longstreet veered away from the Napoleonic style of offensive warfare and preferred tactical defense. At the Battle of Gettysburg, however, Longstreet was forced to attack the lines of Union Army on July 2nd and 3rd. Despite his competence in command, the attacks failed and the battle was lost. After the war, a group of former Confederate generals referred to as the "Lost Cause" movement villainized Longstreet for his support of Reconstruction and criticized his leadership during the war. In "Lee and Longstreet at High Tide," Helen Dortch Longstreet, the General's second wife, attempts to clear her husband's name and tell his side of the events at Gettysburg. A unique and entertaining read, this historical work provides valuable insight into the life and mind of one of the Confederacy's greatest generals.
Book Synopsis Lee and Longstreet at High Tide: Gettysburg in the Light of the Official Records by : Helen Dortch Longstreet
Download or read book Lee and Longstreet at High Tide: Gettysburg in the Light of the Official Records written by Helen Dortch Longstreet and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-05-29 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lee and Longstreet at High Tide is a biography written by Helen D. Longstreet. It depicts the life and military service of Civil War confederate general James Longstreet, who led numerous battles, including Gettysburg.
Book Synopsis General James Longstreet at Gettysburg by : James Longstreet
Download or read book General James Longstreet at Gettysburg written by James Longstreet and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-12-16 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most important Confederate generals of the Civil War was Lieutenant General James Longstreet, the man Robert E. Lee called his "old war horse." Longstreet was arguably the best corps commander the Confederates have, and he played crucial roles at Antietam, Second Bull Run, Chickamauga, the Wilderness, and Fredericksburg. However, Longstreet had a controversial role at Gettysburg, when he was unable to roll up the Union Army of the Potomac's flank on Day 2 and Pickett's Charge failed on Day 3. Though Longstreet tried to talk Lee out of the attacks, they went forward, and Longstreet criticized Lee about them afterward, making him reviled among other Confederates. In turn, they tried to blame him for the loss at Gettysburg. Just a few years before his death, Longstreet finally published his crucial memoirs, From Manassas to Appomattox, which talked about his experiences and analysis of the decisions made during the war. Longstreet wrote it to respond to his own critics and because Lee himself didn't write any. Regardless, they are one of the most important post-war writings of any general on either side of the Civil War.
Book Synopsis Gettysburg's Peach Orchard by : James A. Hessler
Download or read book Gettysburg's Peach Orchard written by James A. Hessler and published by . This book was released on 2023-03-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most influential actions of the second day of battle at Gettysburg occurred nearly one mile west of Little Round Top in farmer Joseph Sherfy's peach orchard. Hessler and Isenberg combine the military aspects of the fighting with human interest stories in a balanced treatment of the bloody attack and defense of Gettysburg's Peach Orchard.
Book Synopsis From Manassas to Appomattox by : James Longstreet
Download or read book From Manassas to Appomattox written by James Longstreet and published by Philadelphia : Lippincott. This book was released on 1895 with total page 808 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Donated by Lloyd Miller.
Book Synopsis Lee's Tarnished Lieutenant by : William Garrett Piston
Download or read book Lee's Tarnished Lieutenant written by William Garrett Piston and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2013-05-01 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the South, one can find any number of bronze monuments to the Confederacy featuring heroic images of Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, J. E. B. Stuart, and many lesser commanders. But while the tarnish on such statues has done nothing to color the reputation of those great leaders, there remains one Confederate commander whose tarnished image has nothing to do with bronze monuments. Nowhere in the South does a memorial stand to Lee's intimate friend and second-in-command James Longstreet. In Lee's Tarnished Lieutenant, William Garrett Piston examines the life of James Longstreet and explains how a man so revered during the course of the war could fall from grace so swiftly and completely. Unlike other generals in gray whose deeds are familiar to southerners and northerners alike, Longstreet has the image not of a hero but of an incompetent who lost the Battle of Gettysburg and, by extension, the war itself. Piston's reappraisal of the general's military record establishes Longstreet as an energetic corps commander with an unsurpassed ability to direct troops in combat, as a trustworthy subordinate willing to place the war effort above personal ambition. He made mistakes, but Piston shows that he did not commit the grave errors at Gettysburg and elsewhere of which he was so often accused after the war. In discussing Longstreet's postwar fate, Piston analyzes the literature and public events of the time to show how the southern people, in reaction to defeat, evolved an image of themselves which bore little resemblance to reality. As a product of the Georgia backwoods, Longstreet failed to meet the popular cavalier image embodied by Lee, Stuart, and other Confederate heroes. When he joined the Republican party during Reconstruction, Longstreet forfeited his wartime reputation and quickly became a convenient target for those anxious to explain how a "superior people" could have lost the war. His new role as the villain of the Lost Cause was solidified by his own postwar writings. Embittered by years of social ostracism resulting from his Republican affiliation, resentful of the orchestrated deification of Lee and Stonewall Jackson, Longstreet exaggerated his own accomplishments and displayed a vanity that further alienated an already offended southern populace. Beneath the layers of invective and vilification remains a general whose military record has been badly maligned. Lee's Tarnished Lieutenant explains how this reputation developed—how James Longstreet became, in the years after Appomattox, the scapegoat for the South's defeat, a Judas for the new religion of the Lost Cause.
Book Synopsis Lee and Longstreet at High Tide by : Helen D. Longstreet
Download or read book Lee and Longstreet at High Tide written by Helen D. Longstreet and published by VolumesOfValue. This book was released on with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lee and Longstreet at High Tide Gettysburg in the Light of the Official Records This edition features • illustrations • a linked Table of Contents and Footnotes CONTENTS LEE AND LONGSTREET AT HIGH TIDE Introduction CHAPTER I The Story of Gettysburg CHAPTER II Lee changes Plan of Campaign CHAPTER III Pickett’s Charge CHAPTER IV Gordon’s “Established Facts” and Pendleton’s Fulminations CHAPTER V Longstreet’s Version of the Operations of July 2 CHAPTER VI Pendleton’s Report CHAPTER VII Pendleton’s Unreliable Memory CHAPTER VIII General Longstreet’s Americanism CHAPTER IX Finale LONGSTREET THE MAN His Boyhood Days Life-long Friendship of Grant and Longstreet His First Romance Heroic Citizen of the Reconstruction Period The Christian Patriot loved the South to the Last Worshipped by the Soldiers of the Confederacy His Country Home in Picturesque North Georgia LONGSTREET ON THE FIELDS OF MEXICO CHAPTER I The Winning of our Western Empire CHAPTER II Peculiarities of Scott and Taylor CHAPTER III Unpretentious Lieutenant Grant CHAPTER IV Pleasant Incidents of Camp Life at Corpus Christi CHAPTER V Into the Interior of Mexico CHAPTER VI From Contreras to Chapultepec CHAPTER VII Longstreet’s Honeymoon GREAT BATTLES BEFORE AND AFTER GETTYSBURG The First Manassas Williamsburg Frayser’s Farm March against Pope and the Second Manassas The Invasion of Maryland and the Battle of Antietam Fredericksburg Chickamauga In East Tennessee The Wilderness The Curtain Falls at Appomattox APPENDIX Longstreet James Longstreet The Funeral Ceremonies Tributes from the Press Resolutions by Camps and Chapters Letter of President Roosevelt Personal Letters Letter of Archbishop Ireland Letter of General Frederick D. Grant Tribute From the Grand Army of the Republic
Book Synopsis Lee and Longstreet at High Tide by : Helen Longstreet
Download or read book Lee and Longstreet at High Tide written by Helen Longstreet and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2012-10-31 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published in 1904 and written by the second wife of Confederate General James Longstreet, this is the history of the battle of Gettysburg.
Book Synopsis Gettysburg--The First Day by : Harry W. Pfanz
Download or read book Gettysburg--The First Day written by Harry W. Pfanz and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2011-07-01 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For good reason, the second and third days of the Battle of Gettysburg have received the lion's share of attention from historians. With this book, however, the critical first day's fighting finally receives its due. After sketching the background of the Gettysburg campaign and recounting the events immediately preceding the battle, Harry Pfanz offers a detailed tactical description of events of the first day. He describes the engagements in McPherson Woods, at the Railroad Cuts, on Oak Ridge, on Seminary Ridge, and at Blocher's Knoll, as well as the retreat of Union forces through Gettysburg and the Federal rally on Cemetery Hill. Throughout, he draws on deep research in published and archival sources to challenge many long-held assumptions about the battle.
Book Synopsis Gettysburg's Peach Orchard by : James A. Hessler
Download or read book Gettysburg's Peach Orchard written by James A. Hessler and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2019-03-14 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A “fascinating illumination of little-known accounts and personalities” by two experts on the Battle of Gettysburg (Civil War News). The historiography of Gettysburg’s second day is usually dominated by the Union’s successful defense of Little Round Top—but the day’s most influential action occurred nearly one mile west along the Emmitsburg Road, in farmer Joseph Sherfy’s peach orchard. This is the first full-length study of this pivotal action. On July 2, 1863, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee ordered skeptical subordinate Lt. Gen. James Longstreet to launch a massive assault against the Union left flank. The offensive was intended to seize the Peach Orchard and surrounding ground for use as an artillery position to support the ongoing attack. However, Union Maj. Gen. Daniel Sickles, a scheming former congressman from New York, misinterpreted his orders and occupied the orchard first. What followed was some of Gettysburg’s bloodiest and most controversial fighting. General Sickles’s questionable advance forced Longstreet’s artillery and infantry to fight for every inch of ground to Cemetery Ridge. The Confederate attack crushed the Peach Orchard salient and other parts of the Union line, threatening the left flank of Maj. Gen. George Meade’s army. The command decisions made in and around the Sherfy property influenced actions on every part of the battlefield. The occupation of the high ground at the Peach Orchard helped General Lee rationalize ordering the tragic July 3 assault known as Pickett’s Charge. This richly detailed study is based on scores of primary accounts and a deep understanding of the terrain. The authors, both Gettysburg Licensed Battlefield Guides, combine the military aspects of the fighting with human interest stories, in a balanced treatment of the bloody attack and defense of Gettysburg’s Peach Orchard.
Book Synopsis Righting the Longstreet Record at Gettysburg by : Cory M. Pfarr
Download or read book Righting the Longstreet Record at Gettysburg written by Cory M. Pfarr and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2023-05-26 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following up on the award-winning Longstreet at Gettysburg, this collection of new essays addresses some of the persistent questions regarding Confederate General James Longstreet's performance at the Battle of Gettysburg. Influential interpretations of his actions are evaluated for historical accuracy, drawing on often overlooked primary source material. Points of contention about Longstreet's July 2, 1863, attack are examined, along with the roots of the Longstreet-Gettysburg Controversy and the merits of Helen Longstreet's early 20th century attempt to address it.
Book Synopsis From Manassas to Appomattox: Memoirs of the Civil War in America (Illustrated Edition) by : James Longstreet
Download or read book From Manassas to Appomattox: Memoirs of the Civil War in America (Illustrated Edition) written by James Longstreet and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2023-11-08 with total page 582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat presents the Civil War Memories Series. This meticulous selection of the firsthand accounts, memoirs and diaries is specially comprised for Civil War enthusiasts and all people curious about the personal accounts and true life stories of the unknown soldiers, the well known commanders, politicians, nurses and civilians amidst the war. "From Manassas to Appomattox: Memoirs of the Civil War in America" is the memoir of General James Longstreet, one of the leading Confederate generals during the American Civil War. Longstreet in his memoirs refuted most of the criticism of his war record during the Civil War.
Download or read book Longstreet written by Brent Force and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2004-04-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I do not want to make this attack, General Lee." On the 3rd of July, 1863, the Army of Northern Virginia launches a full scale frontal assault against the Army of the Potomac at Gettysburg. The Confederate general responsible for leading the charge was a man who actually opposed the plan of attack. Lt. General James Longstreet had been a soldier for most of his life. He believed that a soldier should follow the orders given, and he would do no less than that on those Pennsylvania fields. In a battle that destroyed careers and created heroes, James Longstreet would come to be known as one of the most controversial generals in history. "Longstreet" presents the story of Lt. General James Longstreet and his controversial action at the Battle of Gettysburg.
