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Longstreet : the Confederate general who defied the South Cover Image

Longstreet : the Confederate general who defied the South / Elizabeth R. Varon.

Confederate general who defied the South (portion title)

Varon, Elizabeth R., 1963- (author.).

Summary:

"An authoritative biography of the second-highest-ranking and most controversial Confederate general, who rejoined the Union after the Civil War, advising other Confederate soldiers to put that war behind them. After joining an interracial government in New Orleans, Longstreet fought against white supremacists when they attacked these postwar elected officials, for which he was vilified and attacked by other Southerners, and blamed for the South's defeat in the Civil War."-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9781982148270
ISBN: 1982148276
Physical Description: xx, 459 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2023.
Copyright: ©2023

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 413-437) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Part I: Disunion. The Making of a Rebel -- Enemies Without and Within -- Crossroads at Gettysburg -- Toward Appomattox ; Part II: Reconstruction. Burying the Past -- Radical Republican -- The Canal Street Coup, 1874 ; Part III: Reconciliation. Return of the Prodigal -- Keeping the Peace -- War on the Page -- A New Century ; Epiologue: of monuments and memory.