In her new biography Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South, University of Virginia historian Elizabeth Varon recounts the story of one such leader: James Longstreet, a top brass ...

JAMES LONGSTREET: LEE’S WAR HORSE—H ... with every patriotic Southerner when in 1867 a newspaper published his signed letter counseling submission to the North. And the South never forgave ...

For the rest of his long post-Gettysburg life—born during James Monroe’s presidency, he died under Theodore Roosevelt—Longstreet would fend off accusations that, frustrated by Lee overruling ...

Lt. Gen. James Longstreet remains the Confederacy’s most controversial senior military leader. Born in 1821, the West Point graduate, like many of his future comrades in arms, served ably during ...

As Elizabeth R. Varon observes in Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South, her compelling new biography of James Longstreet, Robert E. Lee’s second in command, the Lost Cause ...

James Longstreet was the most loyal of Confederates. A Southerner, slave owner and second in command to Robert E. Lee, Longstreet, despite grave misgivings about Lee's strategy for the battle of ...

Supporters of Donald Trump rallied at the entrance of Manchester Community College in New Hampshire, ahead of a campaign event for Ron DeSantis. (Kylie Cooper/For The Washington Post) Perspective ...

James Longstreet's hesitancy and differences of opinion with Robert E. Lee have often marred his historical image. Although generally respected for his military prowess, he is often blamed for the ...