[173][174], Longstreet was criticized for the slow pace of his advance toward Knoxville in November and some of his troops began using the nickname "Peter the Slow" to describe him. [33] On January 1, 1850, he was appointed Chief Commissary for the Department of Texas, responsible for the acquiring and distributing food to the soldiers and animals of the department. It was decided that at daybreak, Longstreet would hold the Union troops back while John B. Gordon would lead an escape towards Lynchburg, and then cover his retreat. In 1870, he was named president of the newly organized New Orleans and Northeastern Railroad. He was wounded in the thigh at the Battle of Chapultepec, and afterward during recovery married his first wife, Louise Garland. Historian Edward Steere attributed much of the success of the Army to "the display of tactical genius by Longstreet which more than redressed his disparity in numerical strength". 58–61. His great defensive success was not based entirely on the advantage of terrain; this time it was the combination of terrain, defensive works, and a centralized coordination of artillery. [citation needed] He actively sought the presidency of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad but was unsuccessful, and also failed in an attempt to get investors for a proposed railroad from New Orleans around the northwestern coast of the Gulf of Mexico south across the Rio Grande river and American-Mexican border to Monterrey, Mexico. The White League charged, causing many of Longstreet's men to flee or surrender. He placed his corps in the rear of Pope's army, but he then took up a defensive position and effectively invited Pope to assault him. James's ancestor Dirck Stoffels Langestraet immigrated to the Dutch colony of New Netherland in 1657, but the name became Anglicized over the generations. In June, Longstreet, hoping to find promotion and an income above his $40-per month salary to support his growing family, requested transfer to the cavalry. He spent his early life on his father's planation at called "Hopewell" located seven miles from Augusta, along the 5-Notch Road in Edgefield District, SC. [180] Writing to Georgia's Quartermaster General, Ira Roe Foster on January 24, 1864, Longstreet noted: "There are five Georgia Brigades in this Army – Wofford's, G.T. Né en Caroline du Sud, élevé en Géorgie, il offre ses services à l'État de l'Alabama. [85] Shortly after Fredericksburg, Longstreet vaguely suggested to Lee that "one corps could hold the Rappahannock while the other was operating elsewhere". (Longstreet, despite his use of scouting parties, was apparently unaware that a considerable body of troops from the Union VI Corps was in position to block this move.) Longstreet advised him of his belief that Grant would treat them fairly. Shortly after issuing orders for the attack, around sunrise, Longstreet was joined at his headquarters by Lee, who was dismayed at this turn of events. Lt. Col. Harold M. Knudsen claims that Longstreet was one of the few Civil War officers sensible of this development. "[190], Longstreet missed the rest of the 1864 spring and summer campaign, where Lee sorely missed his skill in handling the army. They arranged the funeral and burial, which for unknown reasons neither Longstreet nor his wife attended. The small size of the garrison allowed for easy socialization with the local people, and the fort's location allowed Louise to visit her parents in Santa Fe. Longstreet demurred against three suggestions from Lee, urging him to attack, recommending instead that a reconnaissance in force be conducted to survey the ground in front of him. [60], On May 31, during the Battle of Seven Pines, Longstreet received his orders verbally from Johnston, but ended up apparently misremembering them. [203], Lee worried that his refusal to meet with Grant to discuss surrender terms at the latter's first request would cause him to demand harsher terms this time. [22][23] John Y. Simon, editor of Julia Grant's memoirs, concluded that Longstreet "may have been a groomsman", and Longstreet biographer Donald Brigman Sanger called the role of best man "uncertain" while noting that neither Grant nor Longstreet mentioned such a role in either of their memoirs. They reveal little of his personal side while providing only a very cursory view of his pre-war activities. [72][73][74] Longstreet was engaged again on June 30 with about 20,000 men at Glendale. [142], On the night of July 2, Longstreet did not follow his usual custom of meeting Gen. Lee at his headquarters to discuss the day's battle, claiming that he was too fatigued to make the ride. [70][97] Longstreet gave all of the credit for the victory to Lee, describing the campaign as "clever and brilliant". Responding to such arguments, Longstreet once remarked, "I never heard of any other cause of the quarrel than slavery. Longstreet was proven correct, for from their strong position, Longstreet's men easily held off all of the Union assaults, while Jackson managed with greater difficulty to repel a much stronger Union attack led by the division of George Meade. The job was complex and consisted mainly of paperwork, although it provided valuable experience in how to manage troops. "Stonewall" Jackson proposing that he march to Jackson in the Shenandoah Valley and combine forces. Anderson's, Bryan's, Benning's, and Crews' cavalry brigade. It enabled Confederate authorities to collect huge amounts of provisions that had been under Union control. Il est promu au grade de capitaine le 7 décembre 1852, puis de major le 19 juillet 1858. Il en sort 54e de sa promotion sur 56 en 1842[note 1], en laissant le souvenir d'un élève peu discipliné mais populaire chez ses camarades, dont beaucoup seront des acteurs de la Guerre de Sécession : George Henry Thomas, William Starke Rosecrans, John Pope, D.H. Hill, Lafayette McLaws, George Pickett, John Bell Hood, et son plus proche ami, Ulysses S. Grant de la classe 1843. He knew this Union reaction was underway, and that the nearest railhead was Bridgeport, Alabama, where portions of two Union corps would soon arrive. Hood's division and a brigade under Henry L. Benning advanced towards the gap from the north and the south, respectively, while Wilcox's division followed in a six-mile march northward. [143] Lee wrote with some restraint in his after-battle report that Longstreet's "dispositions were not completed as early as was expected".[126]. This stuck and for much of his life he was known as Old Pete. On December 13, under Burnside's orders, troops from the Union Right Grand Division under Sumner launched fourteen frontal assaults against Longstreet's troops, who unexpectedly found themselves at the center of the battle. Abram J. Ryan, author of The Conquered Banner, who assured Longstreet that he would be welcomed with "open arms" if he decided to come into the Church. Le 7 octobre 1861, il est élevé au grade de major general (général de division) et commande une division de l'armée de la Virginie du Nord. The assault, known as Pickett's Charge, suffered the heavy casualties that Longstreet anticipated. [216] That December, Louise Longstreet died. [114] Lee did detach two divisions from the First Corps, but ordered them to Richmond, not Tennessee. He wrote a private letter to Seddon, requesting that he be transferred to serve under his old friend Gen. Joseph Johnston. He decided to risk a frontal attack on Union entrenchments before they arrived. At the age of nine, James was sent to live with his aunt Frances Eliza and uncle Augustus Baldwin Longstreet in Augusta, Georgia. He held that position against repeated afternoon attacks by Longstreet, who was not adequately supported by the Confederate right wing. Using terrain to his advantage, Longstreet validated his idea that the tactical defense was now vastly superior to the exposed offense. It is my opinion that no fifteen thousand men ever arranged for battle can take that position. Biographer William Garrett Piston marks it as "the lowest point in Longstreet's military career". [49][50] Between 5 and 6 in the evening, Longstreet received an order from General Joseph E. Johnston instructing him to take part in pursuit of the Federal troops, who had been defeated and were fleeing the battlefield. He wrote that his arrival "was far from reconciling the troops to the loss of our beloved chief, Joseph E. Johnston". Longstreet and Lee were together during the assault and both of them came under Union artillery fire. Both allegations were fabrications;[221] however, Longstreet failed to challenge them publicly until 1875. By 6:30 pm, Hood's division moved forward against Porter's corps and drove back the soldiers they encountered, but had to be withdrawn at night when it advanced too far ahead of the main lines. Many Civil War historians now consider him among the war's most gifted tactical commanders. I have been with soldiers engaged in fights by couples, by squads, companies, regiments, divisions, and armies, and should know, as well as any one, what soldiers can do. Son comportement lors de la bataille de Gettysburg a été au centre d'une longue controverse. [191] On May 1, he was confirmed as an Episcopalian. General Xavier Blanchard DeBray (center), General James Longstreet (right), and Unidentified Person, Confederate States Army (6280263175).jpg 725 × 575; 107 KB. Lt. General James Longstreet Longstreet at Gettysburg, July 1863 James Longstreet was born in South Carolina on January 8, 1821. [156] By chance, a mistaken order from General Rosecrans caused a gap to appear in the Union line by transferring Thomas J. [220], Authors espousing the Lost Cause attacked Longstreet's war career for many years after his death. Longstreet was selected for this assignment partially due to enmity on Bragg's part, but also because the War Department intended for Longstreet's men to return to Lee's army and this movement was in that direction. [159] Rosecrans fled the field as units began to retreat in panic. Lee and Longstreet watched the battle together and decided to flank the Union position. Biographer Jeffry D. Wert says, "Longstreet was neither a model student nor a gentleman. However, confusion and mishandled orders caused Polk's attack to be delayed, and Longstreet's advance did not begin until just after 11 after hearing gunfire from his left. He attended the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1838 where he was a subpar student graduating 54 th of 56 students in 1842. Longstreet once more pushed for the detachment of all or part of his corps to be sent to Tennessee. L'assaut, connu sous le nom de charge de Pickett, se solde par les pertes désastreuses que Longstreet avait redoutées. There, Union troops beginning with Joseph Hooker's division of the Union III Corps, which was commanded by Samuel P. Heintzelman, came out of a forest into open ground to attack Longstreet's men. This was done and confirmed the presence of Porter's V Corps in front of his lines. [107], Longstreet had his men firmly entrenched along Marye's Heights. Robert E. Lee s'arrange pour que cette promotion soit signée un jour avant celle de Jackson, pour permettre à Longstreet d'être le plus ancien lieutenant général de la Confédération. [30], He received a brevet promotion to major for Molino del Rey. Ricketts had been ordered to delay Longstreet's march towards the main Confederate army, but he took up his position too late, allowing George T. Anderson's brigade to occupy the high ground. Longstreet's tenure in the Western Theater was marred by his central role in numerous conflicts amongst Confederate generals. Instead, Lee delayed further movement until units could be realigned, giving the Union defenders adequate time to reorganize. Il ne rejoint Lee qu'en octobre 1864, avec un bras paralysé et désormais incapable de monter à cheval. Although he had the concurrence of General Lee, Longstreet was unable to convince President Davis or his newly appointed military advisor, Braxton Bragg, who had finally been relieved and replaced by Joe Johnston as commander of the Army of Tennessee following the defeat at Chattanooga. [102] At the end of that bloodiest day of the Civil War, Lee greeted his subordinate by saying, "Ah! With Grant's support, he applied for a pardon from President Andrew Johnson. [87] After learning that McClellan, as ordered, had dispatched troops north to assist Pope, Lee ordered Longstreet north as well, leaving only three divisions under G.W. By then, two Union corps had been driven by Ewell and Hill back through the town into defensive positions on Cemetery Hill. In his memoirs, Longstreet suggested that he initially doubted Lee's capacity for command. The losses were devastating for Longstreet and he became withdrawn, both personally and socially. This isn't the first biography to be written on Confederate General James Longstreet, but it's the best--and certainly the one that pays the most attention to Longstreet's performance as a military leader. Obtenez des photos d'actualité haute résolution de qualité sur Getty Images The primary purpose of the military in Texas was to protect frontier communities against Indians, and Longstreet frequently participated in scouting missions against the Comanche. In an army reorganization in November, Longstreet's command, now designated the First Corps, consisted of five divisions, approximately 41,000 men. XXXI (Part I), p. 454, http://www.granthomepage.com/intlongstreet.htm, "Lee's Report of the Gettysburg Campaign", General Longstreet and the American Cause, "Gen. Longstreet, Convert & Husband of "The Fighting Lady, "Southern by the Grace of God but Prussian by Common Sense: James Longstreet and the Exercise of Command in the U.S. Civil War. In 1861 his headquarters were noted for parties, drinking, and poker games. Once again he developed innovative tactics to deal with difficult terrain, ordering the advance of six brigades by heavy skirmish lines, which allowed his men to deliver a continuous fire into the enemy, while proving to be elusive targets themselves. At about 5 pm, Longstreet received orders from Lee to join the battle. Seaborne movements of the Union IX Corps potentially threatened vital ports on the mid-Atlantic coast. [154] When the two finally met at Bragg's headquarters late at night, Bragg placed Longstreet in command of the left wing of his army; Lt. Gen. Leonidas Polk commanded the right. [99], Longstreet's actions in the final two major Confederate defensive battles of 1862 would be the proving grounds for his development of dominant defensive tactics. [68] On June 1, Richardson's division of Sumner's corps engaged Longstreet's men, routing Lewis Armistead's brigade, but the brigades of Pickett, William Mahone, and Roger Atkinson Pryor positioned in the woods managed to hold it back. [45], Longstreet arrived in Richmond, Virginia with a commission as a lieutenant colonel in the Confederate States Army. Lee was left with no alternative but to meet General Grant to discuss surrender. Hill took offense and requested that his division be transferred out of Longstreet's command. [127][128], After it was determined that an advance north was inevitable, Longstreet dispatched the scout Henry Thomas Harrison, whom he had met during the Suffolk Campaign, to gather information. Aussi, à neuf ans, il est envoyé à Augusta chez son oncle, éditeur, éducateur et ministre du culte méthodiste qui possède une plantation. He served briefly as deputy collector of internal revenue and as postmaster of Gainesville. [67] General Johnston was wounded during the battle. He states that he asked one of them "what course he would pursue if his State should pass ordinances of secession and call him to its defence. He resigned from the Army in June 1861, and joined the Confederacy. [86] Pope moved south in an attempt to attack Lee and threaten Richmond through an overland march. Longstreet's men remained on the field in order to fool Pope into thinking that Lee's entire army was still on his front. [85] In the first part of the Northern Virginia Campaign of August 1862, this stereotype held true, but in the climactic battle, it did not. [109], Burnside intended to attack again the next day, but several of his officers, particularly Sumner, advised him against it. Gettysburg Battlefield (3441606610).jpg 1,024 × 768; 289 KB. He met with Confederate President Jefferson Davis at the executive mansion on June 22, 1861, where he was informed that he had been appointed a brigadier general with date of rank on June 17, a commission he accepted on June 25. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, List of Union Civil War monuments and memorials, List of memorials to the Grand Army of the Republic, Confederate artworks in the United States Capitol, List of Confederate monuments and memorials, Removal of Confederate monuments and memorials. Hill and the forces under his command". On October 12, Davis declared his support for Bragg. The following year, William N. Pendleton, Lee's artillery chief, claimed in the same venue that Longstreet disobeyed an explicit order to attack at sunrise on July 2. [160][161] Bragg also neglected to pursue the retreating Federals aggressively, resulting in the futile Siege of Chattanooga. Le 9 octobre 1862, il est nommé lieutenant général. In letters of the time Longstreet made no reference to such a bargain with Lee. "[126], The Army of Northern Virginia was reorganized after Jackson's death. Il démissionne de l'armée de l'Union le 1 juin 1861 et intègre donc l'Armée des États confédérés. He attempted to keep communications open with Lee's army in Virginia, but Federal cavalry general William W. Averell's raids destroyed the railroads, isolating him and forcing him to rely only on Eastern Tennessee for supplies. One of Longstreet's own divisions under Hood successfully resisted a strong Union counterattack from Jefferson C. Davis's division of the XX Corps that afternoon. Longstreet's most controversial service was at the Battle of Gettysburg in July 1863, where he openly disagreed with General Lee on the tactics to be employed and reluctantly supervised several unsuccessful attacks on Union forces, including the disastrous Pickett's Charge. Bragg's subordinates had long been dissatisfied with his abrasive personality and poor battlefield record; the arrival of Longstreet (the senior lieutenant general in the Army) and his officers, and the fact that they quickly took their side, added credibility to the earlier claims, and was a catalyst toward action. The son of James and Mary Ann Longstreet, he spent his early years on the family's plantation in northeast Georgia. The overall battle ended in disaster, with nearly 7,000 of the 10,000 Confederate troops engaged killed, wounded, or captured. He became adept at shooting firearms. See Wert 1993 pp. ", Lott, John. After six hours of fighting, the battle ended in a draw. After the death of “Stonewall” Jackson, Longstreet becomes Lee’s second in command. [69] Johnston praised Longstreet's performance in the battle. A group of Confederate officers including William N. Pendleton concluded that the time had come to ask Lee to open negotiations for the army's surrender. Gettysburg Battlefield (3440793855).jpg 1,024 × 768; 293 KB. After failing to cross the Rappahannock on December 11, Burnside ordered an artillery bombardment of the town, and forced his way across the following day. His 13-year-old son Garland remained ill but appeared to be out of mortal danger. [132][133][134] Instead, Lee exclaimed, "If the enemy is there tomorrow, I will attack him." The assault drove the Union soldiers back. Soutenant la candidature de Grant à la présidence, il commande la milice de l'État de Louisiane, puis sert les différents présidents américains en devenant ambassadeur auprès de l'Empire ottoman de 1880 à 1881, puis commissaire fédéral aux chemins de fer de 1897 à 1904. En août 1862, durant la campagne de Virginie du Nord, il commande l'aile droite de l'armée de Robert Lee. [229], Longstreet is remembered through numerous places that bear his name in and around Gainesville, Georgia, including Longstreet Bridge, a portion of U.S. Route 129 that crosses the Chattahoochee River (later dammed to form Lake Sidney Lanier), the local Longstreet Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy,[230] and the James "Warhorse" Longstreet chapter of the non-profit WarFigMotorcycle Club. In this battle, Longstreet's leadership of his Corps proved most capable, and the 1st Corps drove the invading Yankee Army back to Chattanooga, Tennessee. "The situation called for action", he later said, "and there was but one opening – across the Potomac." End of the Season Video Discussion: Confederate General James Longstreet at Appomattox: U of ACW Study Center: 104: Jun 18, 2020: Say What Special: The Wounding of General Longstreet at the Wilderness: James Longstreet: 6: May 4, 2020: Lt. Jenkins, who was riding with Longstreet, was also shot and died from his wounds. He performed poorly at Seven Pines by accidentally marching his men down the wrong road, causing them to be late in arrival, but played an important role in the Confederate success of the Seven Days Battles in the summer of 1862, where he helped supervise repeated attacks which drove the Union army away from the Confederate capital of Richmond. Piston speculates that the more relaxed atmosphere of Longstreet's headquarters, which included gambling and drinking, allowed Lee to relax and take his mind off the war, and reminded him of his more happy younger days. [170] After the Confederate failures, Longstreet devised a strategy to prevent reinforcement and a lifting of the siege by Grant. [55][91][92] Lee's biographer, Douglas Southall Freeman, wrote: "The seeds of much of the disaster at Gettysburg were sown in that instant—when Lee yielded to Longstreet and Longstreet discovered that he would. On September 20, Longstreet lined up eight brigades in a deep column against a narrow front, an attack very similar to future German tank tactics in World War II. It was the decisive point in the Confederate loss at Gettysburg and Lee ordered a retreat back to Virginia the following day. It was written years after the campaign and is affected by hindsight, both of the results of the battle and of the postbellum criticism of the Lost Cause authors. His offenses included visiting after taps, absence at roll call, an untidy room, long hair, causing a disturbance during study time, and disobeying orders. Né en Caroline du Sud, élevé en Géorgie, il offre ses services à l'État de l'Alabama. James Longstreet, (born January 8, 1821, Edgefield district, South Carolina, U.S.—died January 2, 1904, Gainesville, Georgia), Confederate officer during the American Civil War. [36] In 1854, he was transferred to Fort Bliss in El Paso, and Louise and the children moved in with him. Eckenrode, Hamilton J., and Bryan Conrad. Smith to protect Richmond against McClellan's reduced force. Ever since the end of the Civil War, Americans have been fascinated by stories that grew out of the conflict. In 1831 he moved to Alabama with his parents, and was thence appointed to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, where he graduated in 1842. [214][215], Longstreet served as a U.S. [21] Novelist Ben Ames Williams, a descendant of Longstreet, included Longstreet as a minor character in two of his novels. [225], In 1974, Michael Shaara's novel The Killer Angels about the Battle of Gettysburg was published, and was based in part on Longstreet's memoirs. General James Longstreet. [235], Longstreet is featured as a minor character in two novels by Ben Ames Williams, one of his descendants. The subsequent attack was a failure. He earned a large number of demerits, especially in his final two years. He had a strong prewar friendship with McLaws, but it began to show signs of souring after McLaws blamed Longstreet for the defeat at Gettysburg and was accused by Longstreet of displaying lethargy after Chickamauga. Un article de Wikipédia, l'encyclopédie libre. He offered Longstreet a cigar and invited him to play a card game. Longstreet was not ready to attack as early as Lee envisioned. In the film Gods and Generals (2003), he is portrayed by Bruce Boxleitner and given a minor role. [191] While in Augusta, he participated in the funeral service for Lt. Gen. Leonidas Polk at Saint Paul's Church, joining the Bishops of Mississippi and Arkansas in casting earth onto the coffin. [98] On September 1, Jackson's corps moved to cut off the Union retreat at the Battle of Chantilly. [164], Bragg relieved or reassigned the generals who had testified against him, and retaliated against Longstreet by reducing his command to only those units that he brought with him from Virginia. He relieved Lafayette McLaws from command and requested the court martial of Robertson and Law. Three of Longstreet's brigades were still in march column, and some distance from the attack positions they would need to reach. Bushrod Johnson's division poured through the gap, driving the Union forces back. On the afternoon of the 28th, Longstreet engaged a 5,000-man federal division under James B. Ricketts at the Battle of Thoroughfare Gap. Longstreet's brigade first saw action at Blackburn's Ford on July 18, when it collided with McDowell's advance division under Brigadier General Daniel Tyler. He resigned as commissary in March 1851 and returned to the Eighth Infantry. There were total casualties of 38 killed and 79 wounded. Since his plans for an early-morning coordinated attack were now infeasible, Lee instead ordered Longstreet to coordinate a massive assault on the center of the Union line, employing the division of George Pickett and brigades from A.P. He was the fifth child and third son of James Longstreet (1783–1833), of Dutch descent, and Mary Ann Dent (1793–1855) of English descent, originally from New Jersey and Maryland respectively, who owned a cotton plantation close to where the village of Gainesville would be founded in northeastern Georgia. He was one of the foremost Confederate generals of the American Civil War and the principal subordinate to General Robert E. Lee, who called him his "Old War Horse". You have given the Union cause too much trouble." His weight diminished from 200 to 135 pounds by January 1903. He was ordered to report to Brig. Harrison also brought news that Joseph Hooker had been replaced as commander of the Army of the Potomac by George Meade. [150] Although the entire operation would take over three weeks, lead elements of the corps arrived on September 17. Longstreet had criticized Bragg's generalship and may have been hoping to replace him, although he also might have wished to see Joseph Johnston take command, and indicated that he would be content to serve under him as a corps commander. This page was last edited on 25 February 2021, at 07:07. He reacted to the failure of the campaign by blaming others. [192] He was treated in Lynchburg, Virginia, and recuperated in Augusta, Georgia, with his cousin, Emma Eve Longstreet Sibley, the daughter of his father's brother, Gilbert. Longstreet was Lees principal subordinate for most of the war, ably managing a corps in the Army of Northern Virginia. James Longstreet was born on January 8, 1821, in Edgefield District, South Carolina,[3] an area that is now part of North Augusta, Edgefield County. [124][125] Yet in his post-battle report, Lee wrote, "It had not been intended to fight a general battle at such a distance from our base, unless attacked by the enemy. Among them was former Confederate Lieutenant General James Longstreet. Williams questioned Longstreet's surviving children and grandchildren, and in the novels depicted him as a very devoted family man with an exceptionally happy marriage. [162] Nevertheless, Chickamauga was the greatest Confederate victory in the Western Theater and Longstreet deserved and received a good portion of the credit. On March 8, 1845, Longstreet received a promotion to second lieutenant, and was transferred to the Eighth Infantry, stationed at Fort Marion in St. Augustine, Florida. He rushed back to Richmond later in the month when Garland took a turn for the worse, but came back after he recovered. Regardless of such opposition, the Radical Republican-controlled United States Congress restored his citizenship rights in June 1868. This was completed in the days before the battle. 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