Longstreet Looks Back on the War, 1895
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- čas přidán 24. 05. 2023
- I love old books. As I was preparing social media posts for magazine advertisers, I came across this book for sale at the Abraham Lincoln Book Shop in Chicago: "James Longstreet, From Manassas to Appomattox." Curious, I located the digitized version on Internet Archive. Published in 1895, Longstreet's memoirs include a revealing passage about his view of the past, present and future.
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This passage should be publicized today with the hope of assisting in the unification of opposing factions in our current society, especially those who would seek to rewrite history because of a lack of understanding of the 19th century mindset. All the people who fought and died for something they believed to be right should be remembered for their commitment to what they believed to be honorable and just, not for material gain, but for a principle they were willing to risk their lives for. It is that common struggle that should unite us Americans, not drive us apart.
Lee screwed up. He should have listened to his staff.
Longstreet to me is one of the strongest examples of a man faithfully carrying out his duties as a man of his word while being utterly conflicted as to which side of a matter is the right one to be on. He can rest assured his was a job well done.
Longstreet took a lesson from Frederickburg. It's not surprising that Union troops were yelling "Fredericksburg! Fredericksburg!" as they poured lethal fire into the advancing Confederates in Pickett's charge. Lee copied the Union mistake at Fredericksburg by sending men over open ground against fixed defensive positions.
it takes to long to get to the headline story and has too much boring background
People today are too quick to condemn the South today and can’t understand why they believed they had a legal right to withdraw from the Union. Many sins were committed in the war, by both sides, so they had a large hurtle to get over to work was a nation again.
HUZZAH FOR "OLD PETE"!!
The Civil War is unfortunately still unresolved. America's greatest disaster!😢 If only it had never happened. May peace and respect unify all Americans.
Longstreet is one of the most fascinating figures of the war and the post-war era. His words are as relevant and poignant today as they were then.
One of my prized possessions is a 1905 children's history of Great Britain. I found it in a dumpster behind a used book store. It is very insightful as to how the peoples of the British Empire viewed themselves and the world prior to the First World War. History had ended and the world was now set. Warfare between the European states ended largely at Waterloo. Military was for show parades except for the occasional native uprisings. It was the duty of Europeans to spread Christianity and industrial age prosperity to the world through missionaries and colonialism.
I really like your channel. Your story selections, and the way you summarize and get all the good points in there... thank you for making me take a break to watch.
I'm totally with you on old books.
I just picked up a copy of this book. I got it at a antique store in Nashville Tn . I can’t wait to start to read this book . Gen Longstreet I believe has gotten a bad reputation. There are some who say he did not follow General Lees orders in Gettysburg. I believe he did what he was told to do . Those who talked negatively about him were not in his shoes . General Longstreet fought for his country bravely, he lived it battle by battle . He wrote from the heart the truth . Thank you for this video
I'm a lover of books as well. Got some eyesight problems now so digital works better thanks to the wonderful zoom function!
I've always been into books, but just recenlty have been appreciating and buying up old books. I agree on all points.
the book was in my college library. It was old but not a 1st edition with the painted general's sleeve on the cover. It was reprinted in mass in the 90's and the reprint turns up at half price books from time to time. I only skimmed it but like the part were he Longstreet mentions he hears for the 1st time of the victory at Chancellorsville. It must have been quite a relief to his corps which was detached at the time. I also remember that he mentions he was more interested in football than his studies at college. I don't know if he meant early American football or soccer but I remember laughing at that with my friends as we played madden
If it were possible to resurrect Civil War veterans and show them the films and literature of how we viewed the conflict I suspect they would be quite surprised. One insight was at the initial viewing of the movie "Gone With the Wind." One old Confederate veteran of the siege of Atlanta upon the viewing of the wounded at the railyard scene reportedly said, "If we had had that many troops we would have won!."
Your just like me a book nerd. Too cool 😎. Was addicted to book stores growing up. No sweeter place. Nirvana
Thanks, I read a modern printing years ago & forgot about the intro. If anbody read the entire long book, it is hard not to get that Longstreet respected Lee emensley while being critical of of him with Gettysburg. But again what do I know as proud decendant of several union soldiers & not blinded by the propaganda of the Lost Cause.
The most I got out of Longstreet's reflection on his experience before the war, and the 30 years afterwards......is that Longstreet saw the HUGE MISTAKE of Blacks in America.