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Lee's Tarnished Lieutenant (1987) (edit title/settings)

James Longstreet and His Place in Southern History

by William Garrett Piston (Author) (edit contributors)

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Reconstructing the military career of one of the Confederacy's most competent but also one of its most vilified corps commanders, this book reveals how Longstreet became, in the years after Appomattox, the Judas of the Lost Cause, the scapegoat for Lee's and the South's defeat.

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IN HIS MEMOIRS James Longstreet states that after resigning as a paymaster in the United States Army he applied for a comparable position in the Confederate forces.

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  1. William Garrett Piston (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Univ of Georgia Pr
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1987
ISBN: 0820309079
Page Count: 272

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