Longstreet The Confederate General Who Defied the South by Elizabeth Varon
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Title: Longstreet
Author: Elizabeth Varon
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An authoritative biography of the controversial Confederate general, who later embraced Reconstruction and became an outcast in the South.
It was the most remarkable political about-face in American history. During the Civil War, General James Longstreet fought tenaciously for the Confederacy. He was alongside Lee at Gettysburg (and counseled him not to order the ill-fated attacks on entrenched Union forces there). He won a major Confederate victory at Chickamauga and was seriously wounded during a later battle.
After the war Longstreet moved to New Orleans, where he dramatically changed course. He supported Black voting and joined the newly elected, integrated postwar government in Louisiana. When white supremacists took up arms to oust that government, Longstreet, leading the interracial state militia, did battle against former Confederates. His defiance ignited a firestorm of controversy, as white Southerners branded him a race traitor and blamed him...
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An authoritative biography of the controversial Confederate general, who later embraced Reconstruction and became an outcast in the South.
It was the most remarkable political about-face in American history. During the Civil War, General James Longstreet fought tenaciously for the Confederacy. He was alongside Lee at Gettysburg (and counseled him not to order the ill-fated attacks on entrenched Union forces there). He won a major Confederate victory at Chickamauga and was seriously wounded during a later battle.
After the war Longstreet moved to New Orleans, where he dramatically changed course. He supported Black voting and joined the newly elected, integrated postwar government in Louisiana. When white supremacists took up arms to oust that government, Longstreet, leading the interracial state militia, did battle against former Confederates. His defiance ignited a firestorm of controversy, as white Southerners branded him a race traitor and blamed him...
DOWNLOAD:
https://rapidgator.net/file/95a122a3aba1cd112c90bc0a9364b0b5/Longstreet__The_Confederate_General_Who_Defied_the_South_by_Elizabeth_Varon_.rar
https://k2s.cc/file/2016e20b0efcb/Longstreet__The_Confederate_General_Who_Defied_the_South_by_Elizabeth_Varon_.rar
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