Robert E. Lee and his Generals by George Bagby Matthews (1907) 9 ft by 12 ft John B. Hood, Albert Sidney Johnston, Jubal A. Early, Joseph E. Johnston, James Longstreet, Leonidas Polk, Robert E. Lee, Thomas J. (Stonewall) Jackson, J. E. B. Stewart General James Longstreet Old Pete, the War Horse 1,328 Monuments (Who were the best corp at Gettysburg commanders of the Civil War?) Battlefield (40 Confederate) Union versus Confederate Participation in the Civil War (only two percent of northerners were abolitionists) John and Eliza Deich The South instituted a draft in 1862, requiring three years of service for those selected between the ages of 18 and 35 (45) 1,089,000 (.5%) The Enrollment Act was enacted on March 3, 4,560,000 (53%) 1863 by the North for those between the ages 20 and 45 Generals with ties to Morgan County Brigadier Commanders General John B. Hood General Jerome B. Robertson Leonidas Polk General John Gregg John Gregg, Killed at Battle of Richmond, Oct 1864, buried Aberdeen, MS Joe Wheeler John Bell “Joe,” Longstreet remarked, “I hope almighty God takes me before he does you, for I want to be within the gates of hell Hood, to hear Jubal Early cuss you in the blue uniform.”. Longstreet Austin, TX Battle of Decatur did die two years before Wheeler. Oct 1864 Longstreet and Dent Plantation Somerville, AL Macon, MS 1859 Country Paradise 400 acres Hutchinson Dent Property 7S 3W 1S NE1/4 of SE1/4 7S 2W 7S NW of NW 1835 1838 7S 2W 6S E1/2 of NW1/4 7S 2W 6S SW1/4 7S 2W 6S W1/2 of NW1/4 Sec 1 1838 Sec 6 James 1835 Longstreet attended Cut Off Road Somerville Male 1837 Sec 12 Sec 7 Academy 1831-1833 Old Six Mile Road Township 7S Township 7S Range 3W 16 slaves all female Range 2W Col. Joseph Union Causalities: Horace King Longstreet at 23,000, 3,100 Killed 9th AL Inf Gettysburg 1888 Longstreet and Sickles 1862 42 Scarlet Years Fever Junior AL GA VA Monument to be saved WWII Confederate Causalities: 23,000, Maria Louisa Helen Dortch 4,700 Killed Garland James Longstreet, Sr Burial? Biographer William Garrett Piston and Gordon Sawyer Father was Marshall Dent, first cousin of Supreme Court Justice John Marshall Southwestern Augustus Humorist Mary Ann Dent Baldwin Longstreet Longstreet Alabama Senator Jeremiah Clemens, (1793 – 1855) (1790 – 1870) brother to Archibald Clemens - brother-in-law of General Longstreet and cousin to Samuel Clemens Dr. William Murphy and Julia Longstreet Sarah at Kimbell Longstreet, Cemetery Dr. Hutchinson Dent – mother of From Augusta to Charles Ames Somerville to Macon (MS) Daughter of Dr. Hutchinson Dent and Anna Randolph Longstreet married Dr. Henry Minor Julia Dent wife Minor Cemetery of US Grant, at Nucor first cousin of Mary Dent General James Longstreet “the War Horse” Short History Born In South Carolina 1821, family lived in Augusta, GA. Moved to Somerville at age 9. Attended Somerville Male Academy (1831-1833) and Richmond Academy in Augusta, GA (1829-1831, 1834-1836). Rueben Chapman appointment Longstreet from Morgan County to West Point. Longstreet finished bottom of class (54 out of 56). Grant 21 out of 39. Morgan County burials, friend of General Grant and cousin to Grant’s wife. Pardoned after war in June 1868 by Congress after moving to New Orleans with the aide of General Grant. “If it wasn't Joined Republican Party and appointed to office by Grant. about Led police action against White League riot in New Orleans. slavery, Appointed ambassador to Ottoman Empire 1880. then I don't Passed away 1904 in Gainesville, GA. know Myth of the Lost Cause and Jubal Early – state rights, slavery what else as a benevolent institution, overwhelming it was odds, elevation of Robert E. Lee, and General about.” James Longstreet as the villain of the South. Questions or Comments? National Park Service on reasons for Civil War (Slavery or States Rights, Texas v. White).