Blue and Gray: How Lee’s ‘Old War-Horse’ Gained a New Following

Two dramatic scenes stand out in James Longstreet’s Confederate career. The first occurred on the evening of September 17, 1862, after a day of ghastly combat at Antietam that almost shattered the Army of Northern Virginia. Upon seeing Longstreet, General Robert E. Lee, who earlier had described his senior lieutenant as “the staff in my …

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