by Dustin | Mar 19, 2017 | Confederate Generals
James Longstreet LIEUTENANT GENERAL JANUARY 8, 1821 – JANUARY 2, 1904 Perhaps no Confederate officer is surrounded by more controversy than James Longstreet. Called “Old Pete” and “My Old War Horse” by Gen. Robert E. Lee, Longstreet was Lee’s trusted advisor and...
by Dustin | Mar 19, 2017 | Confederate Generals
James Ewell Brown Stuart (1833-1864) Known as “Jeb,” Stuart was probably the most famous cavalryman of the Civil War. A Virginia-born West Pointer (1854), Stuart was already a veteran of Indian fighting on the plains and of Bleeding Kansas when, as a first...
by Dustin | Mar 19, 2017 | Confederate Generals
Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson General 1/21/1824 – 5/10/1863 Thomas Jackson was born in Clarksburg, West Virginia. He had a difficult childhood that was full of death. His father and sister both died from typhoid fever when he was two years old. A few...
by Dustin | Mar 19, 2017 | Confederate Generals
Robert E. Lee GENERAL JANUARY 19, 1807 – OCTOBER 12, 1870 Robert E. Lee (Library of Congress) Born to Revolutionary War hero Henry “Light-Horse Harry” Lee in Stratford Hall, Virginia, Robert Edward Lee seemed destined for military greatness. Despite...
Recent Comments