Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South
Elizabeth R. Varon
An authoritative biography of the second-highest-ranking and most controversial Confederate general, who rejoined the Union after the Civil War, advising other Confederate soldiers to put that war behind them. After joining an interracial government in New Orleans, Longstreet fought against white supremacists when they attacked these postwar elected officials, for which he was vilified and attacked by other Southerners, and blamed for the South's defeat in the Civil War.
Buy this book at Amazon- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Year
- 2024
- ISBN-13
- 9781982148287
- Genre
- Biography & Memoir
- Topics
- Civil WarConfederate military leadershipReconstruction era politics
Awards
- Los Angeles Times Book Prize for BiographyShortlisted(2023)
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