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Hon. J. L. M. Curry , LL.D., William Robertson Garrett , A. M. , Ph.D., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 1.1, Legal Justification of the South in secession, The South as a factor in the territorial expansion of the United States (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 16 0 Browse Search
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General James Longstreet, From Manassas to Appomattox, Chapter 1: the Ante-bellum life of the author. (search)
r, and my school-days were passed there, but the appointment to West Point Academy was from North Alabama. My father, James Longstreet, the oldest child of William Longstreet and Hannah Fitzrandolph, was born in New Jersey. Other children of the marriage, Rebecca, Gilbert, Augustus B., and William, were born in Augusta, Georgia, to the Conqueror. Marshall Dent married a Magruder, when they migrated to Augusta, Georgia. Father married the eldest daughter, Mary Ann. Grandfather William Longstreet first applied steam as a motive power, in 1787, to a small boat on the Savannah River at Augusta, and spent all of his private means upon that idea, asked and opinion, which I hope you will excuse, and I shall remain, either with or without your approbation, Your Excellency's most obedient and humble servant, Wm. Longstreet. Governor Telfair. He failed to secure the necessary aid, and the discovery passed into the possession of certain New Yorkers, who found the means for pra
Hon. J. L. M. Curry , LL.D., William Robertson Garrett , A. M. , Ph.D., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 1.1, Legal Justification of the South in secession, The South as a factor in the territorial expansion of the United States (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Biographical: officers of civil and military organizations. (search)
in of Chief Justice John Marshall. His grandfather, William Longstreet, was the first to apply steam as a motive power, in , to a small boat on the Savannah river at Augusta. General Longstreet was reared to the age of twelve years at Augusta, Gaand was joined next year by Lieutenant U. S. Grant, whom Longstreet introduced to his cousin, Miss Julia Dent, subsequently the wife of the Federal general. In 1844 Longstreet joined the army in Louisiana under General Taylor, and in 1845, promoterched at once to confront Pope in northern Virginia, and Longstreet soon followed. While Jackson flanked the enemy from thein Pennsylvania, and in accordance with the general plan Longstreet moved his command to Chambersburg, Pa., and thence to Gear, decided to continue the fight on the Federal front. Longstreet's troops, having arrived, participated in the second dayll. After the Confederate army had retired to Virginia, Longstreet, with Hood and Mc-Laws' divisions, was sent to reinforce