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James Longstreet Correspondence, 1897-1903 (Ms1993-003)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1993-003

Dates

  • 1897 - 1903

Creator

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Confederate general in the Civil War; after the war he was head of an insurance company and held a series of Federal appointments. Author of From Manassas to Appomattox (1896). Correspondence consists of fourteen letters to Longstreet from his sons John, Randolph, and Robert and his daughter Lula, and from C. Herbert Walling, who asked for an autographed copy of Longstreet's book. 

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech Repository

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