From Manassas to Appomattox: Memoirs of the Civil War in America
1896
From Manassas to Appomattox: Memoirs of the Civil War in America
1896
One of the Confederacy's most brilliant and controversial generals finally tells his story. James Longstreet served at the center of nearly every major campaign of the Civil War, from the First Battle of Bull Run to the desperate final days at Appomattox. He was Robert E. Lee's most trusted commander, the officer Lee relied upon more than any other, and yet history has debated his judgment ever since. Longstreet's memoirs crackle with the old soldier's combative spirit as he recounts the battles he shaped, the comrades he led, and the cause he served. But this is not merely a military account. It is a window into the mind of a man who knew Lee intimately, who carried the weight of the Confederacy's hopes, and who wrote with the urgency of someone defending his legacy against history. For readers seeking the Civil War from the inside, from a man who was there in the smoke and chaos, this memoir remains essential.
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“The heavy fumes of gunpowder hanging about our ranks, as stimulating as sparkling wine, charged the atmosphere with the light and splendor of battle. Time was culminating under a flowing tide.””
— James Longstreet
“In the Army of the Potomac were fifty-one brigades of infantry, eight brigades of cavalry, and three hundred and seventy guns of artillery. The artillery appointments were so superior that our officers sometimes felt humiliated when posted to unequal combat with their better metal and munitions. In small-arms also the Union troops had the most improved styles.””
— James Longstreet
“Bad as was being shot by some of our own troops in the battle of the Wilderness,”
— James Longstreet
“The bitter freeze of two weeks had made the rough angles of mud as firm and sharp as so many freshly-quarried rocks, and the poorly protected feet of our soldiers sometimes left bloody marks along the roads.””
— James Longstreet
“General Lee said that the attack of his right was not made as early as expected,”
— James Longstreet
“Opinion was then expressed that the fifteen thousand men who could make successful assault over that field had never been arrayed for battle; but he was impatient of listening, and tired of talking, and nothing was left but to proceed.””
— James Longstreet
“His game of hide-and-seek about Bull Bun, Centreville, and Manassas Plains was grand, but marred in completeness by the failure of General A. P. Hill to meet his orders for the afternoon of the 28th. As a leader he was fine; as a wheel-horse, he was not always just to himself. He was fond of the picturesque.””
— James Longstreet
“A cursory review of the campaign reveals the pleasure ride of General Fitzhugh Lee by Louisa Court-House as most unseasonable. He lost the fruits of our summer’s work, and lost the Southern cause. Proud Troy was laid in ashes.””
— James Longstreet
“When oppressed by severe study, he sometimes sent for me to say that he had applied himself so closely to a matter that he found his ideas running around in a circle, and was in need of help to find a tangent. Our personal relations remained as sincere after the war until politics came between us in 1867.””
— James Longstreet
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