Longstreet, James

1821 - James Longstreet, born on the 8th of January in Edgefield District, South Carolina. He was one of the foremost Confederate generals of the American Civil War.

1861 - Having attained the rank of major, he resigned when his state seceded, and became a brigadier-general in the Confederate army.

1863 - In September, he took his corps to the west and bore a conspicuous part in the great battle of Chickamauga.

       - In November he commanded the unsuccessful expedition against Knoxville.

1864 - He rejoined Lee's army in Virginia, and on the 6th of May arrived upon the field of the Wilderness as the Confederate right had been turned and routed.

       - In October, he resumed command of his corps, which he retained until the surrender, although paralyzed in his right arm. 

1896 - He published From Manassas to Appomattox, and in his later years he prepared an account of Gettysburg.

1904 - Died at Gainesville, Georgia, on the 2nd of January.