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 North Carolina Press, 2000.
Eicher, John H., and David J. Eicher. Civil War High Commands. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2001.
Wert, Jeffry D. General James Longstreet: 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 Division, 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 Georgia 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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