Lee and Longstreet at High Tide: Gettysburg in the Light of the Official Records (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Defending a Confederate General in the Battle for Gettysburg MemoryBy Helen Dortch Longstreet
Length11h 47m
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Lee and Longstreet at High Tide: Gettysburg in the Light of the Official Records is a forceful intervention in the postwar controversy over Confederate command at Gettysburg. Written in a documentary, argumentative style, the book scrutinizes official reports, correspondence, and battlefield chronology to challenge the charge that James Longstreet's conduct caused Lee's defeat. Its prose blends legal brief, historical commentary, and vindicatory biography, placing it within the contentious literature of Civil War memory and the Lost Cause. Helen Dortch Longstreet, the second wife of General James Longstreet, was a journalist, reformer, and public advocate whose marriage placed her at the center of one of the war's most enduring reputational battles. Longstreet's postwar Republicanism and reconciliationist stance made him a target for former Confederates seeking a scapegoat. Her book reflects both intimate loyalty and a sharp understanding of how archives could be used to contest partisan memory. This volume is recommended for readers interested in Gettysburg, Civil War historiography, and the politics of historical reputation. Though unapologetically partisan, it remains valuable as a primary document of memory, advocacy, and the struggle to define military responsibility after Appomattox.
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GenreHistory
Length11 hrs 47 mins
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Publish dateDec 1, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Lee and Longstreet at High Tide: Gettysburg in the Light of the Official Records (Annotated)
2PREFACE
3INTRODUCTION By Major-General D. E. Sickles, U.S.A.
4CHAPTER I THE STORY OF GETTYSBURG
5CHAPTER II LEE CHANGES PLAN OF CAMPAIGN
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6CHAPTER III PICKETT’S CHARGE
7CHAPTER IV GORDON’S “ESTABLISHED FACTS” AND PENDLETON’S FULMINATIONS
8CHAPTER V LONGSTREET’S VERSION OF THE OPERATIONS OF JULY 2
9CHAPTER VI PENDLETON’S REPORT
10CHAPTER VII PENDLETON’S UNRELIABLE MEMORY
11CHAPTER VIII GENERAL LONGSTREET’S AMERICANISM
12CHAPTER IX FINALE
13LONGSTREET THE MAN
14HIS BOYHOOD DAYS
15LIFE-LONG FRIENDSHIP OF GRANT AND LONGSTREET
16HIS FIRST ROMANCE
17HEROIC CITIZEN OF THE RECONSTRUCTION PERIOD
18THE CHRISTIAN PATRIOT LOVED THE SOUTH TO THE LAST
19WORSHIPPED BY THE SOLDIERS OF THE CONFEDERACY
20HIS COUNTRY HOME IN PICTURESQUE NORTH GEORGIA
21LONGSTREET ON THE IELDS O MEXICO
22CHAPTER I THE WINNING OF OUR WESTERN EMPIRE
23CHAPTER II PECULIARITIES OF SCOTT AND TAYLOR
24CHAPTER III UNPRETENTIOUS LIEUTENANT GRANT
25CHAPTER IV PLEASANT INCIDENTS OF CAMP LIFE AT CORPUS CHRISTI
26CHAPTER V INTO THE INTERIOR OF MEXICO
27CHAPTER VI FROM CONTRERAS TO CHAPULTEPEC
28CHAPTER VII LONGSTREET’S HONEYMOON
29REAT BATTLES BEFORE AND AFTER ETTYSBUR
30THE FIRST MANASSAS
31WILLIAMSBURG
32FRAYSER’S FARM
33MARCH AGAINST POPE AND THE SECOND MANASSAS
34THE INVASION OF MARYLAND AND THE BATTLE OF ANTIETAM
35FREDERICKSBURG
36CHICKAMAUGA
37IN EAST TENNESSEE
38THE WILDERNESS
39THE CURTAIN FALLS AT APPOMATTOX
40APPENDIX
41LONGSTREET
42JAMES LONGSTREET
43THE FUNERAL CEREMONIES
44(A. S. Hardy, in the Constitution, Atlanta, Georgia.)
45(From the Atlanta, Georgia, Constitution.) (By Alan Rogers.)
46TRIBUTES FROM THE PRESS
47(Washington, D. C., Post.)
48(Jacksonville, Florida, Times-Union.)
49(Shelby, North Carolina, Aurora.)
50(Biblical, North Carolina, Record.)
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