Longstreet
by Elizabeth Varon
"The Confederate General Who Defied the South"
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Longstreet Book Details
War:
American Civil War
Perspective:
Commanders
True Story:
Yes
Biography:
Yes
Region:
North America
Page Count:
480
Published Date:
2023
ISBN13:
9781982148270
Longstreet Book Description
"An authoritative biography of the second-highest-ranking and most controversial Confederate general, who rejoined the Union after the Civil War, advising other Confederate soldiers to put that war behind them. After joining an interracial government in New Orleans, Longstreet fought against white supremacists when they attacked these postwar elected officials, for which he was vilified and attacked by other Southerners, and blamed for the South's defeat in the Civil War"--