Around 4:00 p.m., Union positions north and west of Gettysburg broke. Federal troops retreated through town to Cemetery Hill and Culp’s Hill, forming a fishhook-shaped line along Cemetery Ridge.

Memorial Day is a time set aside to honor and remember the long line of Americans who served in the country’s armed services, ...

James Longstreet, failed to properly execute Lee ... But she adds that her Gettysburg work “raises questions rather than providing definitive answers.” For instance: Lee, despite his blind ...

JAMES LONGSTREET: LEE’S WAR HORSE—H ... he moved so slowly that he missed the fighting by days. At Gettysburg Longstreet, as usual, disagreed with Lee’s plan: he was against attacking ...

The Battle of Gettysburg was a dramatic combination ... he highlights the friction between Lee and his second-in-command James Longstreet, and between Meade and Lincoln, who sent the triumphant ...

Lee's death, James Longstreet came in for unwarranted criticism from the ... A good read for anyone interested in the war, Gettysburg, or the man.

notably about his ancestor General James Longstreet of the Civil War period. Bill was instrumental in raising the funds to create a statue of General Longstreet at Gettysburg, which was installed ...

The Gettysburg Story is available to stream ... CONFEDERATE 1ST CORPS COMMANDER JAMES LONGSTREET ARRIVES HERE ON SEMINARY RIDGE. HIS MEN CALL HIM "OLD PETE." HE'S DESCRIBED AS ...

James Longstreet, although he was Lee’s most trusted ... then counterattack a weakened foe.” Of Gettysburg, Longstreet said “My idea was to throw ourselves between the enemy and Washington, select a ...

James Longstreet (to Robert E ... “That man had my division slaughtered at Gettysburg,” he said, Eventually, however, Pickett settled on this line: “I’ve always thought the Yankees ...