Loving the Longstreet Series

For any of you interested in learning more about Longstreet’s actions at Gettysburg, I highly recommend Cory Pfarr’s two books on this subject: “Longstreet at Gettysburg” and “Righting the Longstreet Record.”

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I am loving the Longstreet series. Great example of how egos enter in to it. Also a good example of the “fog of war”. So much uncertainty in this battle. In my opinion Longstreet and Lee could have done better. However, the Union had a big advantage in soldiers, supplies and position. I don’t see the outcome being much different. I always liked Pickets reply as to why they lost. “The union army may have had something to do with it”. Keep up the good work.

Was this Lee’s worst moment?

Wasn't expecting this to happen.  But ok.  Impressive as always, HHWT.

Longstreet is one of my favorites I'm enjoying this series very much. ❤

VERY powerful presentation.  Was nothing but waste. Longstreet knew it. Yet he fought on. So very sad.

Thanks for all the great videos! I have been bingeing on them the last few days. This is an excellent channel, and I love the presentation style. Hancock and the 2nd Corps is my favorite Federal unit, and Longstreet and the 1st Corps my favorite Confederate Corps. After reading as much as I can find about both men, I believe I share many personality traits with Longstreet. Only my occasional bursts of profanity link me to Hancock LOL. Like many here, I did quite a bit of reenacting back in the early 2000s, just to get a very small taste of 19th Century soldier life. I'm sure I'd have done well under Longstreet or Hancock. However, I'd have never survived Gen. Jackson's fast marches.

Lee’s successes and failures were and are fully justified on the 1st and 2nd for numerous reasons. But even with the 20/20 benefit of hindsight, every way I study it, I am more and more convinced that on the 3rd the plainly foreseeable mistake (charging the center) was entirely Lee’s; had he taken Longstreet’s morning advice to move to the right this would have won the day.

Great work! Best channel on civil war!

If you find yourself in Knoxville this coming weekend we are having our SCV picnic at Bleak House. You’re more than welcome to come and take a look at Longstreet’s headquarters.  We’ll even take a walk up to the tower where General Sanders was shot from.

Longstreet was a great on defense.while Jackson excelled on offense.tactics. they complimented each other's strength. Lee was recovering from a heart attack
So he was not at his best. Without Jackson in the mix.the confederate's had lost what would of given them a better chance of successful.

after this LONGSTREET REL was never the same

Most informative, thank you

Have An -- book about him too. Movie , and more.

I'm so in too this history .and into it with gen: j.  Longstreet.  Forward Longstreet,  no matter the consequences, the what ever it be , of such A-- battle as the Gettysburg was as so.

Great video, great video thank you.  However, a lot of this is based off longstreet’s version of events written after the war.    He seems to me to be the type of person willing to sacrifice the truth to make it look like it was all Lee’s fault not his.  He became friends with Sickels after the war, that should tell you everything about you need to know about him.

Thank you for say in chambersburg we hot history of the civil war general Lee was here in town small scrimmages you can say the first shoot of Gettysburg was green castle first dead Union soldier kill Franklin county has a long history

I don't want to make this charge I don't see how it can succeed I wouldn't make it now but General Lee expects and demands it

General James Longstreet

My favorite Southern general. A postwar friend of Grant.