James Longstreet


“I have been a soldier all my life. I have been with soldiers engaged in fights by couples, by squads, companies, regiments, divisions, and armies, and should know as well as anyone what soldiers can do.” -James Longstreet to Robert E. Lee

James Longstreet
1821–1904
CSA

A West Point military graduate, Longstreet preferred defensive fighting over offensive. His troops called him “Old Pete.”