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Entry: Lieutenant General James Longstreet. - A2327104
Author: TLG (ACW History Group). - U515781

Another leading figure of the American civil war.

Well its brief....

We join him at 21 - no mention of his time at West Point - then we leap 19 years to the civil war. Then suddenly its 4 years later and the war's over.

No mention of him becoming a democrat, befriending Grant and becoming an ambassador.

Whilst Longstreet was a great number 2 he struggled when given independant command - and whilst you mention him disagreeing with Lee at Gettysburg, you don't mention he was probably right in his assesment.

that's probably come across a bit harsh, but its very brief for a man who was a leading member of the confederacy, and (I think) its longest surviving.

Yes, I would agree that this entry is on the short side. I would like more details. Although I confess that I've never heard of him, a brief search on Google shows up much more information, eg:

http://ngeorgia.com/people/longstreet.html

Here we go again....

This entry is good, but too brief and needs a lot more information. There seems to be some around, try a web search. Are you still planning to finish it?

Niwt

Any response here for us, TLG?

It appears not.

So I propose moving the entry to FM. Hopefully one researcher will pick up all TLG's Civil War entries.


Geggs

Seconded
And I may pick up one or two of the entries in the FM if I find the time.