Although generally respected for his military prowess, he is often blamed for the Confederate defeat at Gettysburg for allowing Pickett's Charge to occur. Yet Longstreet remained a prominent ...

Varon begins by reviewing Longstreet’s Civil War record, from Second Bull Run Manassas, through Fredericksburg, Knoxville, Gettysburg, Chickamauga, and on to Appomattox. She then looks at his postwar ...

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 ...