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Longstreet : the Confederate general who defied the South / Elizabeth R. Varon.

By: Material type: TextPublisher: New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, 2023Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover editionDescription: xx 459 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781982148270
  • 1982148276
  • 9781982148287
  • 1982148284
Other title:
  • Confederate general who defied the South
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Contents:
The Making of a Rebel -- Enemies Without and Within -- Crossroads at Gettysburg -- Toward Appomattox -- Burying the Past -- Radical Republican -- The Canal Street Coup, 1874 -- Return of the Prodigal -- Keeping the Peace -- War on the Page -- A New Century.
Summary: "An authoritative biography of the second-highest-ranking and most controversial Confederate general, who rejoined the Union after the Civil War, advising other Confederate soldiers to put that war behind them. After joining an interracial government in New Orleans, Longstreet fought against white supremacists when they attacked these postwar elected officials, for which he was vilified and attacked by other Southerners, and blamed for the South's defeat in the Civil War"--
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BOOK Wasatch County Library Second Floor General NonFiction 92 Longstreet (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 34301002080689
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Making of a Rebel -- Enemies Without and Within -- Crossroads at Gettysburg -- Toward Appomattox -- Burying the Past -- Radical Republican -- The Canal Street Coup, 1874 -- Return of the Prodigal -- Keeping the Peace -- War on the Page -- A New Century.

"An authoritative biography of the second-highest-ranking and most controversial Confederate general, who rejoined the Union after the Civil War, advising other Confederate soldiers to put that war behind them. After joining an interracial government in New Orleans, Longstreet fought against white supremacists when they attacked these postwar elected officials, for which he was vilified and attacked by other Southerners, and blamed for the South's defeat in the Civil War"--

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