January 15, 1821: Lafayette McLaws Born

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Suggested Readings

Bradley, Mark L. This Astounding Close: The Road to Bennett Place. Chapel Hill: University of Press, 2000.

Eicher, John H., and David J. Eicher. Civil War High Commands. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2001.

Wert, Jeffry D. General : The Confederacy's Most Controversial Soldier: A Biography. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1993.

McLaws, Lafayette. A Soldier's General: The Civil War Letters of Major General Lafayette McLaws. Edited by John C. Oeffinger. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2002.

Lafayette McLaws Papers, 1836-1897. Wilson Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/inv/m/McLaws,Lafayette.html

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Image Credits

Battle of Gettysburg Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs , Civil War Photographs, LC-DIG-pga- 03266

Battle of Antietam, 1862 Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-DIG-pga-01841

Battle of Fredericksburg Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Civil War Photographs, LC-DIG-ppmsca- 22479

Battle of Knoxville Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Civil War Photographs, LC-DIG-pga- 01839

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Battle of Seven Days Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Civil War Photographs, LC-DIG-ppmsca- 22419

Carving with trees Photo courtesy of the Stone Mountain Press Office

Scene at Chancellorsville during the battle, May 1st 1863 Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Civil War Photographs, LC-DIG-ppmsca-19397

General Lee, Artifact Collection, A-1361-621 Courtesy of the Historical Society

Jackson, Johnston and Lee, Artifact Collection, A-1361-622 Courtesy of the Georgia Historical Society

Longstreet Georgia Historical Society Collection of Photographs, 1361PH 25 4 4810 Courtesy of the Georgia Historical Society

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McLaws likely soon after the war, VM-2087-01-23-05 Courtesy of the Georgia Historical Society

McLaws, Marching through Georgia and the Carolinas, Rare Collection E476 69 09 Courtesy of the Georgia Historical Society

Mclaws, Major General, VM2087 01 23 06 front Courtesy of the Georgia Historical Society

Mclaws, well after the war, VM2087 01 23 04 front Courtesy of the Georgia Historical Society

Mclaws bust, VM2087 01 23 02 Courtesy of the Georgia Historical Society

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McLaws bust dedication Georgia Historical Society Collection of Photographs, 1361PH 22 03 6055 Courtesy of the Georgia Historical Society

McLaw’s Court Martial p. 1, War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies Courtesy of the Georgia Historical Society

McLaw’s Court Martial p. 2, War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies Courtesy of the Georgia Historical Society

McLaw’s Court Martial p. 3, War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies Courtesy of the Georgia Historical Society

McLaws in uniform, VM-2087-01-23-01 Courtesy of the Georgia Historical Society

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McLaws portrait well after the war, Artifacts Collection, A-1361-321 Courtesy of the Georgia Historical Society

Mexican War, Battles of Resaca de la Palma and Palo Alto, 1846 Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division LC-USZ62-125

Mexican War, Siege of Monterey 1846 Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-USZC4-6205

Old Academic Building West Point National Archives and Records Administration, Accessed through archives.gov

Second Battle of Manassas Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-USZ62-94838

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