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As lieut. general CSA, vignette bust portrait

Graphite inscription on recto "Longstreet." Graphite inscription on verso "Gen. Longstreet" "1st Corps" "Lieut. Gen. J. Longstreet, C.S.A." "Lossings Page 344" and "Waverly 1922"

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James Longstreet. Lt. Gen. C.S.A. 20 30-3 [CDV negative in brass plate]

Carte de visite. Collodion glass plate negative presented as an ambrotype. Glass negative accompanied by modern contact print from the negative. Showsa mature Longstreet in civilian clothing (probably 4/1865). Glass carte de visite negative is in a...

GLC05111.01.0483

to Daniel Harvey Hill

General Longstreet writes, "Your note of today is received. I am surprised and grieved to learn that you have been relieved from duty with this Army. We have stood side by side in so many severely contested battlefields that I have learned to lean...

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to Pierre G.T. Beauregard

James Longstreet requests permission to return to Richmond. Since bad weather seems "to render a speedy advance improbable," he requests "authority to return to Richmond," but is willing to stay if needed.

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to Joseph Wheeler

Confederate General Longstreet informs General Wheeler "Your dispatch for Col Sorrel is received- I desire you to cross Little River in pursuit if you have a decided success at Marysville, or if you see the probabilities of ours by crossing. If the...

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to Joseph Wheeler

Possibly written in Tennessee. Marked "Confidential." Longstreet, commander of the Department of East Tennessee, writes to Wheeler, commanding cavalry corps, Army of Tennessee. Orders Wheeler to send half of General John Austin Wharton's force to...

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to William J. Fowler

General Longstreet discusses the reconstruction policies of Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson with Fowler, a judge in Boston, Massachusetts. He states "The independent action of President Johnson, was the error that lead the grave...

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[Four Civil War documents related to John G. Walker and James Longstreet] [Decimalized .01-.04]

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to Henry A. Wise

Writes to Brigadier General Wise of D. H. Hill's Division, Army of Northern Virginia. Confederate Major General Longstreet (in reply from a letter from Wise of the day before) tells Wise that he will suggest to Commanding General Robert E. Lee that...

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Field orders of General James Longstreet [Decimalized .01-.02]

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Special Orders Confederate 1st corps

Records orders related to various kinds of authorized troop movements. Lists movement of individual military personnel, leaves of absence for officers, and unit positions. The orders are given by Longstreet and Anderson, but signed by only Latrobe...

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General Orders Confederate 1st corps Lt. Genl Jas. Longstreet

James Longstreet's general orders to the I Corps. Most of the orders are written and signed for by either Gilbert Moxley Sorrel or Osmun Latrobe. Both signed as Assistant Adjutant General. There are also twenty six printed orders interleaved, as...

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to Joseph Wheeler [Decimalized .01- .02]

Letter written by Gen. Longstreet, Commander of the Department of East Tennessee and leader of the Knoxville Campaign. With accompanying photograph

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to Joseph Wheeler

Longstreet, Commander of the Department of East Tennessee and leader of the Knoxville Campaign, transmits orders to General Wheeler, cavalry corps, Army of Tennessee. He writes "It would be well to have the fords about Jackson's examined before you...

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to Thomas C. Hindman

Writing in pencil, General Longstreet, commander of troops at Chickamauga, commends General Hindman on his troops' performance that day in battle. He instructs Hindman to "give them every encouragement and collect them as quick as you can." Referring...

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to Governor Bonham

General James Longstreet, wounded in a friendly fire incident at the Battle of the Wilderness, mourns the death of Brigadier General Micah Genkins, killed by the same volley. "He has left to the youth of your state a noble legacy in his dauntless...

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to Daniel H. Hill

To Daniel H. Hill re plans to send Hood's cavalry in pursuit of Union troops retreating from Chancellorsville, asking citizens to delay the enemy's movements: "We have reports from scouts and persons from Maryland that Hunter's and Fosters Armies are...

GLC09248

to George W. Crawford

To Secretary of War George W. Crawford, asking assistance in obtaining promotion. "I do not hesitate to say that I can furnish ample proof, from every Officer under whom I have served, of as much service as any Officer of my grade could have rendered...

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to Colonel W. Preston Johnston

Writing from Confederate Headquarters at "Blain's X Roads". Longstreet comments on how his decision to attack Knoxville was affected by General Braxton Bragg's retreat from Chattanooga to Dalton following the loss at Missionary Ridge. Longstreet...

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to Joseph Wheeler

Longstreet, commander of the Department of East Tennessee, writes to Wheeler, commanding a cavalry corps in the Army of Tennessee. In the midst of the Knoxville Campaign, writes "Col. [Ligons?] force should execute the move to the right of the enemy...

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