Longstreet attended the 25th anniversary of the battle of Gettysburg despite not being invited by any Confederate memorial organizations. He was well received and popular with the other attendees and even met and spoke with Dan Sickles whose Corps Longstreet's men had wrecked on the second days battle. An altogether memorable remembrance of James Longstreet.
I thought I was some sort of Civil War buff.....I learned more about Longstreet from this presentation than I had learned in my 60+ years.....Thank-you....
Brilliant!!! Absolutely the best rendition of Longstreet. Only those that are well read in the war, knew about his Nickname! Extremely factual to the T!
I loved hearing Grant's view on Old Pete!! Longstreet was not a South Carolinian though. He was only born there. He moved back across the river shortly after birth, spending his early years in Augusta, GA. He then grew up on the farm in Gainesville, GA After the Civil War, and after serving at several civil jobs around the country, he again returned to Gainesville, GA to build a hotel, which he and his second wife operated until his death. He is buried in the Alta Vista cemetery in Gainesville.
Having read "The Tarnished Lieuteant" plus other books on Grant, I knew how close they were. The actor for Grant does a highly commendable portrayal. Altogether credible. Did not know however that his second wife lived to 1962. She did much to correct his image long after his death, in the '30s and 40s. She deserves a book on her if one does not already exist.
I lived near Gen. Longstreet’s home place in Gainesville Ga where he is also buried. Part of his hotel still existed then to some extent and the Longstreet Society, of which I was a member, brought it back to life for history sake. Grapes he had at his home place still grew when I lived there in the 1990’s.
I have been researching antebellum Westpoint curriculum. I came across your video and you have confirmed my suspicion. Which is the blaring emphasis on engineering that was taught. This research began after noticing the engineering backgrounds mentioned in several officers' memoirs although I was looking for infantry tactics/strategy when I began. Very interesting. Thanks! I'll be watching more.
This video was excellent. Longstreet moved to Gainesville, GA after the Civil War . . . and lived there the rest of his life. I grew up in Gainesville.
Grant won the war at Vicksburg, the defeat at Gettysburg just accelerated the process. (Btw, Meade won that battle as well. I don't enjoy talking smack about Lee because he absolutely was a good commander, but his reputation is overblown.)
Lee is overrated. While Grant was called a butcher, it was Lee who not only had a higher casualty rate but actually had more of his men KIA and total casualties in actual numbers than Grant. Lee was a brilliant battlefield tactician but did not truly understand things in a grand strategical sense as Grant did.
@@UrbanCohort I forgot to mention how Grant’s use of joint operations (his working with the US Navy in key battles, such as Fort Henry, Fort Donaldson and Vicksburg) are still studied today for their brilliance. Grant was not afraid to let others share or grab the headlines in order to achieve victory. That was shown to be true during the Wilderness Campaign and the subsequent siege of Richmond. While Grant was hoping for an outright victory his main purpose was to tie down Lee so Lee couldn’t cause any troubles. This allowed Sheridan to run rampant in the Shenandoah, cutting off food supplies to Lee, and Sherman to March through Georgia and the Carolinas, cutting off munitions and manpower to Lee.
@@UrbanCohort I forgot to mention how you perfectly summed the two up in one sentence. Okay, technically two but I treated them as one sentence since it is a comparison.
Lee was a master of maneuver and logistics. The way he moved men and supplies in and out of Pennsylvania and across rivers was quite brilliant and kept his army going for two more years, Grant was a fearsome force and visionary military man but he did churn up lives unnecessarily in the Wilderness.
I appreciate such a wonderful telling of the service of one of my southern heroes, James Longstreet. I am not surprised that Jubal Early didn't like him. Anyone Early didn't like must have been be a great person, but I digress. I never believed that Longstreet was the cause of the Lost Cause, and I do not now.
I always had a favorable impression of Longstreet, but never knew much. Really enjoyed this telling. As for Lee - highly regarded by many, but almost every battle Lee won, he was on the defense. The decision to send Pickett’s division up that slope at Gettysburg was a really bad decision. It seems to have haunted him.
My daughter lives about a mile from Grant's Farm in St. Louis and I've been to Jefferson Barracks. I often wonder when I'm on streets around that place and Jefferson Barracks, did they really walk here??? RIGHT HERE? Maybe :)
Bravo! Last year I finished a book about Mosby... "Hell is being a Republican in Virginia" if I recall correctly... (I've had two strokes since then...) Grant knew that the South had to be defeated...but as Lincoln ultimately came to understand... there was a massive difference between "Traitors" and "Rebels..." (Our Founding Fathers were rebels...most of whom had, earlier in life, sworn allegiance to the King...) That is why Appomattox ended with respect and salutes... rather than hanging and firing squads as in the later Russian Civil War. Confederate statues may need to move to museums...but we are not the Balkans... We must not dig up the hatreds of 1860...but need to let the dead rest in peace. Raiding parties no longer cross the Missouri/Kansas border... only high school and college sports teams... YP
Well said, sir. Well said. You're right. We are not the Balkans, yet a screaming, slobbering, ignorant, hating minority is trying desperately to make it so.
I liked Gen LongStreet he had alot other ball and my distant relation married John Wyckoff married Alice Longstreet I guess one of Longstreets Daughters I'm left in limbo about that .and Gen Grant I were tied in there somewhere also for relation .grant and Longstreet were very good friends
Tip, when you have auto focus on your camera, with offset subjects at different depths of field, the camera continuously attempts to focus on both, making the video a bit disorienting. Center the person in frame.
Very true, Longstreet felt very strongly that the army should reposition to a more defensible position where Meade would be obligated to move on the offensive. My opinion only - if Lee had moved in the direction of Washington, Meade would have been obligated to attack Lee. Lincoln would have ordered Washington protected at all costs. With even a marginally strong defensive position, Lee most likely would have won. The shaky political situation probably would have led to a negotiated cessation of hostilities if Lee had then been camping on Washington’s doorstep. Like I said, my opinion only. Longstreet was a good man, proven by his actions after the close of the war.
The battle would likely not have extended beyond the first day (which was a Confederate victory). Lee wanted to attack at the first possible opportunity and keep attacking until he could defeat the AotP decisively to force peace. Longstreet wanted to deploy defensively and make Meade attack them, thus he would have never made the attacks on day 2 and 3 for sure.
Grant it is time for someone to respond to you, General Lee was a great general and a Mexican War hero, so were you. First, Lee's aggressive attacks using men like Longstreet and Stonewall Jackson saved Richmond many times and prolonged the war. Because Lee fought against men such as you it forced Lincoln to issue his Emancipation Proclamation to stop England and France from helping the CSA, Because of General Lee's aggression in fighting for State Rights it killed slavery, Thank you General Lee for the service. At Gettysburg Lee's orders were not followed quickly by Longstreet and it cost them a good chance at a great victory on day two. On day three Longstreet was again slow and he sent Pickett forward without proper support and did not tell Lee. In Tennessee who did Longstreet call and who did he name his son after? Lee. In 1864 Lee and Longstreet came close to defeating you in the Wilderness. Only Lee's supplies not being at Amelia Courthouse brought Lee to bay, and he rejected guerrilla warfare by surrendering he thought slavery would be over, and over time the ex-slaves all be educated could work to vote, and the government would remain the same as before strictly Federal government with State Rights . But the radicals sought to control everything and sought to strip men like Jefferson Davis of their rights with you working with them. This led to the KKK and its allies fighting the guerilla warfare that Lee rejected. In the end, they were successful and Longstreet was defeated at the third great battle of New Orleans. Grant you were a great general and so was Lee, and instead of you always seeming to lower Lee, you should praise him for his fighting in Mexico it led to Manifest Destiny for the USA, and by his defending Statre Rights it helped kill slavery. Lee like you was a great general and later a good president at a college, but Grant you were along with radicals a poor government. Not you, Lee, or Longstreet were perfect. Longstreet was a good corp commander under Lee, but never achieved fame as an independent commander. Lee should be praised for his service. You too Grant and Longstreet, but remember the Tenth Amendment. reet
Perhaps Longstreet would have been. Had Longstreet risen above being a Corps commander. Grant thought on a strategic and operational level. Longstreet wasn’t allowed above the operational. Grant versus Longstreet. Best friends as they were. Fighting each other at the same command level would have been both tragic and interesting
Longstreet was Lee's best Corp commander (not Jackson). Grant was a strategic general, and Lee was a tactical field general who relied heavily on his superb Corp commanders for his successes. When he went against their advice such as Longstreet at Gettysburg it did not go well for him.
Hey can't breakfast look good on the grill there this morning sorry you couldn't get too much sleep Dakota must have had a bad dream about one of his ex-girlfriends hahaha we will keep praying that you get a a different good running car for you if you can't goodnight and God bless
There was no southern 'aristocracy'. All the American aristocracies were in the north based largely on southern cotton. I would dare anyone to define aristocracy and then name a single southern family that actually meets that definition.
Longstreet attended the 25th anniversary of the battle of Gettysburg despite not being invited by any Confederate memorial organizations. He was well received and popular with the other attendees and even met and spoke with Dan Sickles whose Corps Longstreet's men had wrecked on the second days battle. An altogether memorable remembrance of James Longstreet.
very well done.
Pretty sure he wasn’t invited because he became a Republican.
True. But Longstreet was still slow day 2 at Gettysburg...
I have always admired General Longstreet . A very competent , brave , and no - nonsense soldier. Thank you for sharing.
I thought I was some sort of Civil War buff.....I learned more about Longstreet from this presentation than I had learned in my 60+ years.....Thank-you....
excellent presentation. It helps to restore his reputation and clarify his role on day 3 at Gettysburg.
Brilliant!!! Absolutely the best rendition of Longstreet. Only those that are well read in the war, knew about his Nickname! Extremely factual to the T!
Dr. Fields. You do a wonderful portrayal of General Grant. Very nice video.
I loved hearing Grant's view on Old Pete!! Longstreet was not a South Carolinian though. He was only born there. He moved back across the river shortly after birth, spending his early years in Augusta, GA. He then grew up on the farm in Gainesville, GA After the Civil War, and after serving at several civil jobs around the country, he again returned to Gainesville, GA to build a hotel, which he and his second wife operated until his death. He is buried in the Alta Vista cemetery in Gainesville.
I have stood at his gravesite in Gainesville.
Having read "The Tarnished Lieuteant" plus other books on Grant, I knew how close they were. The actor for Grant does a highly commendable portrayal. Altogether credible. Did not know however that his second wife lived to 1962. She did much to correct his image long after his death, in the '30s and 40s. She deserves a book on her if one does not already exist.
I lived near Gen. Longstreet’s home place in Gainesville Ga where he is also buried. Part of his hotel still existed then to some extent and the Longstreet Society, of which I was a member, brought it back to life for history sake. Grapes he had at his home place still grew when I lived there in the 1990’s.
I love the first person approach from Grant in this video!
LONGSTRETT A GREAT AMERICAN
I have been researching antebellum Westpoint curriculum. I came across your video and you have confirmed my suspicion. Which is the blaring emphasis on engineering that was taught. This research began after noticing the engineering backgrounds mentioned in several officers' memoirs although I was looking for infantry tactics/strategy when I began. Very interesting. Thanks! I'll be watching more.
West Point started out as a school for Engineering officers primarily. Over time it expanded its curriculum.
What a great piece; real history may save us yet...
I had no idea of Longstreet's Mexican War service. Fascinating video!
Very entertaining and educational! Thank you!
Very well done. Thank you!
Enjoyable presentation. I will say I was always under the impression that though Longstreet didn't always agree with Lee, he liked and respected him.
He had a lot of negative things about Lee after the war.
this is a fabulous video.... great job!
Excellent. A must watch
Great presentation. More please
Well done. Thank you.
I enjoyed that immensely.
This video was excellent. Longstreet moved to Gainesville, GA after the Civil War . . . and lived there the rest of his life. I grew up in Gainesville.
Just came across your channel. Thank you for the content. I enjoyed it and subscribed!! 😊
Grant won the war at Vicksburg, the defeat at Gettysburg just accelerated the process. (Btw, Meade won that battle as well. I don't enjoy talking smack about Lee because he absolutely was a good commander, but his reputation is overblown.)
Lee is overrated. While Grant was called a butcher, it was Lee who not only had a higher casualty rate but actually had more of his men KIA and total casualties in actual numbers than Grant. Lee was a brilliant battlefield tactician but did not truly understand things in a grand strategical sense as Grant did.
@@GetRidOfCivilAssetForfeiture My point exactly. Lee was good. Grant was transcendent.
@@UrbanCohort I forgot to mention how Grant’s use of joint operations (his working with the US Navy in key battles, such as Fort Henry, Fort Donaldson and Vicksburg) are still studied today for their brilliance. Grant was not afraid to let others share or grab the headlines in order to achieve victory. That was shown to be true during the Wilderness Campaign and the subsequent siege of Richmond. While Grant was hoping for an outright victory his main purpose was to tie down Lee so Lee couldn’t cause any troubles. This allowed Sheridan to run rampant in the Shenandoah, cutting off food supplies to Lee, and Sherman to March through Georgia and the Carolinas, cutting off munitions and manpower to Lee.
@@UrbanCohort I forgot to mention how you perfectly summed the two up in one sentence.
Okay, technically two but I treated them as one sentence since it is a comparison.
Lee was a master of maneuver and logistics. The way he moved men and supplies in and out of Pennsylvania and across rivers was quite brilliant and kept his army going for two more years, Grant was a fearsome force and visionary military man but he did churn up lives unnecessarily in the Wilderness.
Longstreet's widow worked in a munitions plant doing WW II.
" He will fight us everyday", James Longstreet on General Grant.
I appreciate such a wonderful telling of the service of one of my southern heroes, James Longstreet. I am not surprised that Jubal Early didn't like him. Anyone Early didn't like must have been be a great person, but I digress. I never believed that Longstreet was the cause of the Lost Cause, and I do not now.
I always had a favorable impression of Longstreet, but never knew much. Really enjoyed this telling.
As for Lee - highly regarded by many, but almost every battle Lee won, he was on the defense. The decision to send Pickett’s division up that slope at Gettysburg was a really bad decision. It seems to have haunted him.
Very informative!
great presentation, thank you
This is cool. Do more. Talk about whether you were really a drunk or not.
Living historians pride themselves on historical accuracy. So, since he is giving his talk from a Legion Hall, what do you think? 😂
Good series.
You do look like Grant, wow. Great video.
My daughter lives about a mile from Grant's Farm in St. Louis and I've been to Jefferson Barracks. I often wonder when I'm on streets around that place and Jefferson Barracks, did they really walk here??? RIGHT HERE? Maybe :)
Remember that Grant was a superb horseman. So, walking was a rare occurrence.
Wow! Nice different presentation! In a human way!
You do wonder if Longstreet, Forrest, Stuart had different roles. OTOH, I've learned a lot to give respect to Lincoln, Stanton, Grant, and Sherman.
Bravo! Last year I finished a book about Mosby... "Hell is being a Republican in Virginia" if I recall correctly... (I've had two strokes since then...) Grant knew that the South had to be defeated...but as Lincoln ultimately came to understand... there was a massive difference between "Traitors" and "Rebels..." (Our Founding Fathers were rebels...most of whom had, earlier in life, sworn allegiance to the King...) That is why Appomattox ended with respect and salutes... rather than hanging and firing squads as in the later Russian Civil War. Confederate statues may need to move to museums...but we are not the Balkans... We must not dig up the hatreds of 1860...but need to let the dead rest in peace. Raiding parties no longer cross the Missouri/Kansas border... only high school and college sports teams... YP
Well said, sir. Well said. You're right. We are not the Balkans, yet a screaming, slobbering, ignorant, hating minority is trying desperately to make it so.
Impressive.
Team Longstreet ❤
This living historian acting as, General Ulysses S. Grant and performing in a tavern while doing so, is totally ironic. Cheers! 🥃
May I ask who else heard the conversations between Lee and Longstreet at Gettysburg? Or, had Lee ever supported Longstreet's story?
Longstreet became one the most hated former Confederates in the South during Reconstruction when he joined the Republican Party.
At first, I thought this would be hokey, but it was actually pretty good.
This would be more authentic if the narrator wasn't speaking with a southern accent - Grant was from Illinois. He sounds like an Alabami
I liked Gen LongStreet he had alot other ball and my distant relation married John Wyckoff married Alice Longstreet I guess one of Longstreets Daughters I'm left in limbo about that .and Gen Grant I were tied in there somewhere also for relation .grant and Longstreet were very good friends
Well excuse my texting miss spelled a few words
Longstreet was ambassador to Turkey
Tip, when you have auto focus on your camera, with offset subjects at different depths of field, the camera continuously attempts to focus on both, making the video a bit disorienting. Center the person in frame.
Ol' Pete would of won Gettysburg if he and not Lee was in command.
There won't be a Gettysburg battle if Longstreet was in charge
Very true, Longstreet felt very strongly that the army should reposition to a more defensible position where Meade would be obligated to move on the offensive. My opinion only - if Lee had moved in the direction of Washington, Meade would have been obligated to attack Lee. Lincoln would have ordered Washington protected at all costs. With even a marginally strong defensive position, Lee most likely would have won. The shaky political situation probably would have led to a negotiated cessation of hostilities if Lee had then been camping on Washington’s doorstep. Like I said, my opinion only.
Longstreet was a good man, proven by his actions after the close of the war.
The battle would likely not have extended beyond the first day (which was a Confederate victory). Lee wanted to attack at the first possible opportunity and keep attacking until he could defeat the AotP decisively to force peace. Longstreet wanted to deploy defensively and make Meade attack them, thus he would have never made the attacks on day 2 and 3 for sure.
They needed Stonewall. Oh, well...
Taped it should work
Grant it is time for someone to respond to you, General Lee was a great general and a Mexican War hero, so were you. First, Lee's aggressive attacks using men like Longstreet and Stonewall Jackson saved Richmond many times and prolonged the war. Because Lee fought against men such as you it forced Lincoln to issue his Emancipation Proclamation to stop England and France from helping the CSA, Because of General Lee's aggression in fighting for State Rights it killed slavery, Thank you General Lee for the service. At Gettysburg Lee's orders were not followed quickly by Longstreet and it cost them a good chance at a great victory on day two. On day three Longstreet was again slow and he sent Pickett forward without proper support and did not tell Lee. In Tennessee who did Longstreet call and who did he name his son after? Lee. In 1864 Lee and Longstreet came close to defeating you in the Wilderness. Only Lee's supplies not being at Amelia Courthouse brought Lee to bay, and he rejected guerrilla warfare by surrendering he thought slavery would be over, and over time the ex-slaves all be educated could work to vote, and the government would remain the same as before strictly Federal government with State Rights . But the radicals sought to control everything and sought to strip
men like Jefferson Davis of their rights with you working with them. This led to the KKK and its allies fighting the guerilla warfare
that Lee rejected. In the end, they were successful and Longstreet was defeated at the third great battle of New Orleans. Grant you were a great general and so was Lee, and instead of you always seeming to lower Lee, you should praise him for his fighting in Mexico it led to Manifest Destiny for the USA, and by his defending Statre Rights it helped kill slavery. Lee like you was a great general and later a good president at a college, but Grant you were along with radicals a poor government. Not you, Lee, or Longstreet were perfect. Longstreet was a good corp commander under Lee, but never achieved fame as an independent commander. Lee should be praised for his service. You too Grant and Longstreet, but remember the Tenth Amendment.
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Sounds like Longstreet was a better General than Lee or Grant. What a shame!
Perhaps Longstreet would have been. Had Longstreet risen above being a Corps commander. Grant thought on a strategic and operational level. Longstreet wasn’t allowed above the operational. Grant versus Longstreet. Best friends as they were. Fighting each other at the same command level would have been both tragic and interesting
Longstreet was Lee's best Corp commander (not Jackson). Grant was a strategic general, and Lee was a tactical field general who relied heavily on his superb Corp commanders for his successes. When he went against their advice such as Longstreet at Gettysburg it did not go well for him.
He wasn't. Sorry.
Hey can't breakfast look good on the grill there this morning sorry you couldn't get too much sleep Dakota must have had a bad dream about one of his ex-girlfriends hahaha we will keep praying that you get a a different good running car for you if you can't goodnight and God bless
Lee was great. Too bad Jeff Davis did not listen to him.
BZ
Grant had a southern accent? He was a Westerner.
Apparently you have no knowledge of Grant’s childhood. Read a couple biographies before making a judgement.
There was no southern 'aristocracy'. All the American aristocracies were in the north based largely on southern cotton. I would dare anyone to define aristocracy and then name a single southern family that actually meets that definition.
Are you trolling or just genuinely stupid? Asking for a friend.
I dated a guy with the same name. He was trash too.
Never could be the women’s fault 😱 she’s just perfect with zero flaws.
Longstreet went back to Augusta to play in the Masters.
He was probably slow...