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Author: Elizabeth R. Varon

Reviewed by Lieutenant Colonel James “Andy” Nichols, US Army War College class of 2024

Lieutenant Colonel James “Andy” Nichols reviews Elizabeth R. Varon’s biography of James Longstreet, which Nichols calls “an engaging, well-researched account of [the general’s] journey through disunion, reconstruction, and reconciliation.” He writes that Varon “lifts Longstreet out of the Lost Cause mythology and, through careful archival work, enables readers understand a man who experienced personal and professional transformation and sought redemption.”

Publication Date

12-12-2024

Keywords

James Longstreet, American Civil War, Reconstruction, Republicanism, Lost Cause

Disciplines

Defense and Security Studies | Military History

Book Review: Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South

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