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James Longstreet

by Richard L. DiNardo, Albert A. Nofi

Cover of James Longstreet

Few figures from the American Civil War have generated more controversy than Confederate general James Longstreet. As the senior officer present at Pickett's Charge, he has been blamed by many, particularly in the South, for the decisive Confederate defeat at Gettysburg.

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