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Author Piston, William Garrett.

Title Lee's tarnished lieutenant : James Longstreet and his place in southern history / William Garrett Piston.

Publication Info. Athens : University of Georgia Press, [1987]
©1987

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Location Call No. Status
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  973.73    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  973.7309 PISTON    Check Shelf
Description xv, 252 pages : maps, portrait ; 24 cm
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 223-243.
Note Includes index.
Contents Prologue: Longstreet antebellum -- pt. 1. Longstreet's military record : a reappraisal: From Manassas to Antietam. From Fredericksburg to Gettysburg. "The best fighter in the whole army". The bull of the woods at Chickamauga. From East Tennessee to Appomattox -- pt. 2. Longstreet's place in Southern history: Setting the stage. Scalawags, the Lost Cause, and the sunrise attack controversy. The anti-Longstreet faction emerges. A Georgia Republican courting Clio. A procrustean ending. Longstreet postmortem -- Epilogue.
Subject Longstreet, James, 1821-1904.
Generals -- United States -- Biography.
Confederate States of America. Army -- Biography.
Confederate States of America. Army.
Indexed Term Confederate States of America. Army. Longstreet, James, 1821-1904
ISBN 0820309079 alkaline paper
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