Lt. Gen. James Longstreet
Born: January 8, 1821
Edgefield District, SC
Died: January 2, 1904
Gainesville, GA
West Point: June 1842
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Brevet 2nd Lieutenant: June 1842
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Brevet Captain: August 1847
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Brevet Major: September 1847
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Resigned U.S. Army: June 1861
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Colonel CSA: June 1861
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Brig. Gen. CSA: June 25, 1861
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Maj. Gen. CSA: October 7, 1861
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Lt. Gen. CSA: October 9, 1862
Lt. Gen. James Longstreet
1842: West Point Graduate - 54 in class of 56
1846 - 1848: Mexican War
August 20, 1847: Battle of Contreras
August 20, 1847: Battle of Churubusco
September 8, 1847: Battle of Chapultepec - Wounded in the thigh while taking the regimental colors to the top of the hill
Frontier Duty mainly at Fort Bliss, Texas
July 1858: Paymaster
Did not agree with secession, but learned about the doctrine of state's rights from his uncle
June 1861: Resigned from U.S. Army
June 25, 1861: Promoted to Brigadier General by President Davis and given command of a brigade consisting of 1st, 11th and 17th Virginia Regiments
July 18, 1861: Battle of Blackburn's Ford
July 20 - October 7, 1861: Commander, 1st Corps, Army of the Potomac
July 21, 1861: 1st Battle of Manassas
October 14-22, 1861: Commander, 1st Corps, Army of the Potomac
October 22, 1861 - July 1862: Commander, Division (Potomac District until March 1862), Department of Northern Virginia
March - July 1862: Peninsula Campaign
April 5 - May 4, 1862: Battle of Yorktown
May 5, 1862: Battle of Williamsburg
May 31 - June 1, 1862: Battle of Seven Pines
June 26 - July 6, 1862: Seven Days Battle - Commanded 15 Brigades of General Lee's Army
June 27, 1862: Battle of Gaines's Mill
July 1, 1862: Battle of Malvern Hill
July 1862 - February 25, 1863: Commander, 1st Corp, Army of Northern Virginia
August 30, 1862: 2nd Battle of Manassas
September 14, 1862: Battle of South Mountain
September 17, 1862: Battle of Antietam
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November 1862: During army reorganization, Commander 1st Corp consisting of 5 Divisions - 41,000 men
December 13, 1862: Battle of Fredericksburg
February 25 - May 1863: Commander, Department of Virginia and North Carolina
April 12 - May 4, 1863: Siege of Suffolk, Virginia
May - September 9, 1863: Commander, 1st Corp, Army of Northern Virginia
July 1 - 3, 1863: Battle of Gettysburg
September 1863: Moved divisions of McLaws and Hood, a brigade of Pickett's division and Porter's 26-gun artillery battalion to Northern Georgia
September 19 - November 5, 1863: Commander, His Corps, Army of Tennessee
September 19-20, 1863: Battle of Chickamauga
November 5, 1863 - April 12, 1864: Commander, Department of East Tennessee
November 16, 1863: Battle of Campbell's Station
April 12 - May 6, 1864: Commander, 1st Corp, Army of Northern Virginia
May 5-7, 1864: Battle of the Wilderness - Wounded by friendly fire
October 1864: Rejoined Lee and the Siege of Petersburg
October 19, 1864 - April 9, 1865: Commander, 1st Corp, Army of Northern Virginia
April 9, 1865: Surrendered with General Lee at Appomattox Court House
1868: Appointed by President Grant as Surveyor of Customs in New Orleans
1872: Maj. Gen. in command of militia and state police forces within New Orleans
1880: Appointed Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire
U.S. Commissioner of Railroads
1896: Published From Manassas to Appomattox
Boatner, Mark M. III. The Civil War Dictionary. New York: David McKay, 1959. p 490-49
Longstreet, James. From Manassas to Appomattox. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1896. rpt. Da Capo Press, 1992.
Warner, Ezra J. Generals in Gray Lives of the Confederate Commanders. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State, 1992. p 192-193
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