Although he had several times called the man his "Old War Horse," in the aftermath of Robert E. Lee's death, James Longstreet came in for unwarranted criticism from the fabricators of "The Lost Cause" ...

A Fresh Look at Lee's "Old War Horse" In recent years the “Lost Cause" school of southern history, championed by William Pendleton, Jubal Early, and others, that worked diligently to blame James ...

Last summer, our family toured the Gettysburg battlefield. I had read "The Civil War" by Shelby Foote years previous to our visit and felt a calling to visit this hallowed place. Foote's description ...

JAMES LONGSTREET: LEE’S WAR HORSE—H. J. Eckenrode and Bryan Conrad—University of North Carolina Press ($3.50). On the afternoon of July 3, 1863, with the echoes of the greatest cannonade in U. S.

LONGSTREET had half New Jersey blood and probably part Dutch. It shows in him. He is far more the modern, practical nineteenth-century American than most of his fellows. What Southern romance he has ...

If you stand on Seminary Ridge at Gettysburg and look across the valley at the slope of Little Round Top, you can see why General Longstreet thought it was hopeless to try to take that hill. Now the ...

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 the ...

Offering an updated analysis rather than significant archival finds, Varon’s narrative bears out this familiar portrait of a worrying, wounded commander, even if she rejects previous scholars’ ...

One hundred and sixty years ago this week, one of the most overrated Civil War generals, Robert E. Lee, was defeated by one of the most underrated generals, George C. Meade. If you feel the need to ...

GETTYSBURG, Pa.--If you're a Civil War buff, or even an amateur historian, you no doubt know the history of the battle for Gettysburg. One of the most famous battles of the Civil War, it was also one ...