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Longstreet, James.Pdf U.S. Army Military History Institute Civil War Biographies-Confederate 950 Soldiers Drive Carlisle Barracks, PA 17013-5021 21 Oct 2011 JAMES LONGSTREET A Working Bibliography of MHI Sources Alexander, Edward P. "Longstreet at Knoxville." Journal of the Military Service Institute of the US (1911): pp. 264-67. Per. Austerman, Wayne R. "He'd Side with the South: Major Longstreet Goes Home." Civil War Times Illustrated (Jun 1981): pp. 32-33. Per. Axelrod, Alan. Generals South, Generals North: The Commanders of the Civil War Reconsidered. Guilford, CT: Lyons, 2011. pp. 103-14. E467.A94. Callihan, David L. “Neither Villain Nor Hero: A Reassessment of James Longstreet’s Performance at Gettysburg.” Gettysburg Magazine No. 26: pp. 6-19. E475.53.G482no26. Connelly, Thomas L. God and General Longstreet: The Lost Cause and the Southern Mind. Baton Rouge: LSU, 1982. 158 p. E487.C798. Cooksey, Paul C. “I Still Desired to Save My Men…Lieutenant General James Longstreet on July 3, 1863.” Gettysburg Magazine No. 34: pp. 51-63. E475.53.G482no34. DiNardo, Richard L. “Southern By the Grace of God but Prussian by Common Sense: James Longstreet and the Exercise of Command in the U.S. Civil War.” Journal of Military History (Oct 2002): pp. 1011-32. Per. Compares to staff organization & practices with that of von Moltke. Dougherty, Kevin. “James Longstreet and the Changed Mind?” In Civil War Leadership and Mexican War Experience. Jackson. MS: UP MS, 2007. pp. 158-63. E467.D68. Eckenrode, H.J., & Conrad, Bryan. James Longstreet, Lee's War Horse. Chapel Hill, NC: U NC, 1936. 399 p. E467.1.L55.E4. Faeder, Gustav S. "The Best of Friends and Enemies." Civil War Times Illustrated (Oct 1987): pp. 16-18, 20 & 22-24. Per. Foster, Chad. “James Longstreet: Controversial Warrior.” Armor (Jan/Feb 2008): pp. 6-12. Per. Franks, Edward C. “The Detachment of Longstreet Considered: Braxton Bragg, James Longstreet, and the Chattanooga Campaign.” In Leadership and Command in the American Civil War. Campbell, CA: Savas Woodbury, 1996. pp. 29-65. E470.L32. James Longstreet p.2 Gallagher, Gary W. “Scapegoat in Victory: James Longstreet and the Battle of Second Manassas.” In Lee and his Generals in War and Memory. Baton Rouge: LSU, 1998. pp. 139-57. E467.1.L4.G35. Greezicki, Roger J. "Humbugging the Historian: A Reappraisal of Longstreet at Gettysburg." Gettysburg Magazine (Jan 1992): pp. 62-68. E475.53.G482no6. Hallock, Judith L. General James Longstreet in the West: A Monumental Failure. Ft Worth, TX: Ryan Place, 1995. 134 p. E467.1.L55.H35. Knudsen, Harold M. General James Longstreet: The Confederacy’s Most Modern General. Tarentum, PA: Wood Association, 2007. 110 p. E467.1.L55.K68. Krick, Robert K. “’If Longstreet…Says So, It Is Most Likely Not True’: James Longstreet and the Second Day at Gettysburg.” In Three Days at Gettysburg: Essays on Confederate and Union Leadership [Edited by Gary W. Gallagher] Kent, OH: KSU, 1999. pp. 147-68. E475.53.T57. James Longstreet. Baton Rouge: LSU, 1952. 460 p. E467.1.L55.J35. James Longstreet: The Man, the Soldier, the Controversy. [Edited by Rich Dinardo & Albert A. Nofi] Conshohocken, PA: Combined, 1998. 301 p. E467.1L55J36. Series of analytical essays. Krick, Robert K. "'If Longstreet...Says So, It is Most Likely Not True': James Longstreet and the Second Day at Gettysburg." In The Second Day at Gettysburg: Essays on Confederate and Union Leadership. Kent, OH: Kent State, 1993. pp. 57-86. E475.53.S46. LaFantasie, Glenn W. “Considering Longstreet’s Legacy.” MHQ (Winter 1999): pp. 60-69. Per. And in With My Face to the Enemy: Perspectives on the Civil War. NY: Putnam’s, 2001. pp. 332-47. E468.W57. Longstreet, Helen D. 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Knoxville, TN: U TN, 2010. pp. 95-132. E467.C77v2. _____. “Machinations in the Confederate High Command: Gen. Braxton Bragg and his Campaign to Discredit Lt. Gen. James Longstreet.” North & South (Oct 2009): pp. 43-48 & 58. Per. _____. “Struggle for Command: General James Longstreet and the First Corps in the West, 1863-1864.” PhD dss, TX Tech, 2002. 531 p. E467.1.L55.M46. Phipps, Michael A. "Longstreet & Jackson." Infantry (Nov/Dec 1985): pp. 28-32. Per. Piston, William G. "Lee's Tarnished Lieutenant: James Longstreet and his Image in American Society." PhD dss, U SC, 1982. 746 p. E467.1.L55.P57. _____. Lee's Tarnished Lieutenant: James Longstreet and his Place in Southern History. Athens, GA: U GA, 1987. 252 p. E467.1.L55.P57. Reardon, Carol. “James Longstreet’s Virginia Defenders.” In Three Days at Gettysburg: Essays on Confederate and Union Leadership. Kent, OH: KSU, 1999. pp. 245-68. E475.53.T57. Robertson, William G. “Bull of the Woods? James Longstreet at Chickamauga.” In The Chickamauga Campaign. Carbondale, IL: So IL U, 2010. pp. 116-39 . E475.81.C49. Sanger, Donald B. General James Longstreet and the Civil War. Chicago: U Chicago, 1937. 25 p. E467.1.L55.S3. _____. James Longstreet. Baton Rouge: LSU, 1952. 460 p. E467.1.L55.J35. _____. "Was Longstreet a Scapegoat?" Infantry Journal (Jan/Feb 1936): pp. 39-46. Per. Thomas, Wilbur. General James "Pete" Longstreet; Lee's "Old War Horse"; Scapegoat for Gettysburg. Parsons, WV: McClain, 1979. 377 p. E467.1.L55.T48. Tucker, Glenn. Lee and Longstreet at Gettysburg. Indianapolis, IN: Bobbs-Merrill, 1968. 286 p. E475.53.T8. _____. "Longstreet: Culprit or Scapegoat?" Civil War Times Illustrated (Apr 1962): pp. 4-7. Per. “’The War Was a Grievous Error’: General James Longstreet Speaks his Mind.” Civil War Times (Apr 2010): pp. 32-39. Per. 23 Jul 1879 interview with Henry W. Grady of the New York Herald. James Longstreet p.4 Wert, Jeffry D. “The Best Subordinate: James Longstreet.” Civil War Times (Aug 2006): pp. 22-29. Per. _____. "General James Longstreet." Civil War Times Illustrated (Nov/Dec 1993): pp. 54-62 & 98-106. Per. _____. “James Longstreet and the Lost Cause.” In The Myth of the Lost Cause and Civil War History. Bloomington, IN: IN U, 2000. pp. 127-46. E487.M97. _____. General James Longstreet: The Confederacy's Most Controversial Soldier: A Biography. NY: Simon & Schuster, 1993. 527 p. E467.1.L55.W46. Yenchar, John G. "Longstreet-General Lee's War-Horse." Quartermaster Review (May/Jun 1937): pp. 19-22. Per. .
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