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He was wounded at the Battle of Chapultepec, and during recovery married his first wife, Louise Garland. Throughout the 1850s, he served on frontier duty in the American Southwest. In June 1861, Longstreet resigned his U.S. Army commission and joined the Confederate Army.
9 de nov. de 2009 · He spent his first two years of service stationed in Jefferson Barracks, Missouri, where he met Maria Louisa “Louise” Garland, the daughter of a wealthy lieutenant colonel. The two would marry in...
James Longstreet (8 de enero de 1821 - 2 de enero de 1904) fue uno de los más destacados generales confederados de la guerra civil estadounidense, teniendo posteriormente una exitosa carrera posguerra trabajando para el gobierno de sus antiguos enemigos como diplomático y administrador.
James Longstreet was born on January 8, 1821, in the Edgefield District of South Carolina. He was the son of a farmer named James Longstreet and his wife, Mary Ann Dent. He was the fifth child of his parents and their third son.
Longstreet published his 800-page memoirs, From Manassas to Appomattox, in December 1895. In September 1897 he married 34-year-old Helen Dortch; although his family was not pleased with the marriage, Helen defended Longstreet’s name until she died in 1962.
A soldier’s life had always appealed to Longstreet. In January 1862, however, he and his wife, Louise, suffered a terrible tragedy when three of their four children died of scarlet fever within eight days.
22 de dic. de 2021 · Despite health problems, Longstreet’s private life was mostly happy and he was a devout Christian. His wife died in 1889, but on September 8, 1897, he married Helen Dortch. Much younger than her husband, Helen Longstreet defended his reputation tirelessly until her own death in 1962.
