James Longstreet
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James Longstreet
James Longstreet (
January 8
,
1821
–
January 2
,
1904
) was one of the foremost
Confederate
generals
of the
American Civil War
, the principal subordinate to General
Robert E. Lee
, who called him his "Old War Horse." He served under Lee as a corps commander for many of the famous battles fought by the
Army of Northern Virginia
in the
Eastern Theater
, but also with Gen.
Braxton Bragg
in the
Army of Tennessee
in the
Western Theater
. Biographer and historian Jeffry D. Wert wrote that "Longstreet ... was the finest corps commander in the Army of Northern Virginia; in fact, he was arguably the best corps commander in the conflict on either side."
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