James Longstreet
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| James Longstreet | |
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| Personal | |
| Date & Place of Birth | February 8, 1821 Edgefield District, South Carolina |
| Parents | James and Mary Ann Dent Longstreet |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
| Spouse | Maria Louisa "Louise" Garland (m. 1848; d. 1889) Helen Dortch (m. 1897) |
| Children | Garland Longstreet Augustus "Gus" Longstreet James Longstreet Mary Anne Longstreet |
| Date & Place of Death | January 2, 1904 Gainesville, Georgia |
| Place of Burial | Alta Vista Cemetery, Gainesville, Georgia |
| Military | |
| Education | United States Military Academy West Point, New York Class of 1842 |
| Branch of Service | United States Army (1842-61) Confederate States Army (1861-65) |
| Years of Service | 1842-1865 total |
| Highest rank awarded | Major (USA) Lieutenant General (CSA) |
| Commands held | First Corps, Army of Northern Virginia |
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| Post-war career | Surveyor of Customs in New Orleans U.S. Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire U.S. Commissioner of Railroads U.S. Marshal for Northern Georgia Author: From Manassas to Appomattox: Memoirs of the Civil War in America (1896) |
