Lee's tarnished lieutenant
James Longstreet and his place in southern history
BiographyConfederate States of AmericaConfederate States of America. ArmyGeneralsLongstreet, james, 1821-1904Confederate states of america, armyConfederate states of america, biographyGenerals, biography
N 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.
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