Longstreet’s Second Lady

The general’s remarkable second wife defended her husband’s reputation, championed black rights, and built World War II bombers espite being Robert E. Lee’s sturdy lieutenant during the Civil War, James Longstreet was vilified throughout much of the South after the war because of his Republican Party allegiance and service in President Ulysses Grant’s administration. The …

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