Length20h 47m
About this audiobook
Few voices from the American Civil War speak from as close to the center of command as that of Lieutenant General James Longstreet. A trusted subordinate of Robert E. Lee and one of the Confederacy’s most capable corps commanders, Longstreet witnessed the war not from the distant perspective of memory alone, but from the saddle, the staff tent, and the councils where strategy was shaped and lives were weighed against decisions.
From Manassas to Appomattox, first published in 1896, is more than a soldier’s recollection. It is a defense, a reflection, and at times a quiet argument with history itself. Writing in the decades after the guns fell silent, Longstreet sought to record how campaigns unfolded as he saw them, to explain the reasoning behind controversial choices, and to respond to critics who, in the postwar years, placed heavy blame upon his shoulders—especially for the outcome at Gettysburg.
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GenreBiography and Memoir
Length20 hrs 47 mins
Narrated byRecorded Track
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateAug 2, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Intro
2Chapter 1: Blackburn’s Ford
3Chapter 2: First Bull Run
4Chapter 3: Gates of Washington
5Chapter 4: Ball’s Bluff
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6Chapter 5: Battle of Williamsburg
7Chapter 6: Seven Pines
8Chapter 7: Lee takes Command
9Chapter 8: Battle of Gaines’s Mill
10Chapter 9: Glendale
11Chapter 10: Battle of Malvern Hill
12Chapter 11: Pope’s harsh orders
13Chapter 12: Jackson Disappears
14Chapter 13: Second Manassas
15Chapter 14: Longstreet Crushes the Union Left
16Chapter 15: Storm at Chantilly
17Chapter 16: Road to Antietam
18Chapter 17: Battle of South Mountain
19Chapter 18: Lee Falls back to Sharpsburg
20Chapter 19: Antietam - The Bloodiest Day of the Civil War
21Chapter 20: Antietam’s Final Hours
22Chapter 21: Why Lee’s Maryland Campaign Failed
23Chapter 22: Road to Fredericksburg
24Chapter 23: Fredericksburg Begins
25Chapter 24: The Slaughter at Marye’s Heights
26Chapter 25: Burnside’s Mud March
27Chapter 26: Lee Invades Pennsylvania
28Chapter 27: Gettysburg Day 1
29Chapter 28: Gettysburg Day 2
30Chapter 29: Missed Chance at Culp’s Hill
31Chapter 30: Pickett's Charge
32Chapter 31: Gettysburg Aftermath
33Chapter 32: Retreat from Gettysburg
34Chapter 33: Longstreet Goes West
35Chapter 34: Battle of Chickamauga
36Chapter 35: Siege of Chattanooga
37Chapter 36: March on Knoxville
38Chapter 37: Assault on Fort Sanders
39Chapter 38: Bean’s Station and Winter War
40Chapter 39: Tennessee 1864
41Chapter 40: Missed Chance
42Chapter 41: Kentucky Invasion
43Chapter 42: The Overland Campaign
44Chapter 43: Battle of the Wilderness
45Chapter 44: Battle of Fair Oaks & Darbytown Road
46Chapter 45: Second Battle of Fort Fisher
47Chapter 46: Battle of Five Forks
48Chapter 47: Sailor’s Creek
49Chapter 48: Appomattox
50Chapter 49: Fight for Redemption
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