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James Longstreet

1821 - 1904

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James Longstreet (January 8, 1821 – January 2, 1904) was a Confederate general during the American Civil War and was the principal subordinate to General Robert E. Lee, who called him his "Old War Horse". He served under Lee as a corps commander for most of the battles fought by the Army of Northern Virginia in the Eastern Theater, and briefly with Braxton Bragg in the Army of Tennessee in the Western Theater. After graduating from the United States Military Academy at West Point, Longstreet served in the United States Army during the Mexican–American War. He was wounded at the Battle of Chapultepec, and during recovery married his first wife, Louise Garland. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. James Longstreet is the 1,521st most popular military personnel (down from 1,440th in 2019), the 5,425th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,232nd in 2019) and the 91st most popular American Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, James Longstreet ranks 1,521 out of 2,058. Before him are Franz Rohr von Denta, Erich Bey, Hubert Lanz, Jean Reynier, Matsudaira Hirotada, and Courtney Hodges. After him are Władysław Raginis, Traugott Herr, John Frost, Vittorio Ambrosio, Otto von Emmich, and Gabriel Jean Joseph Molitor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1821, James Longstreet ranks 69. Before him are Prince Adolf of Auersperg, Mikhail Petrashevsky, Louis Laurent Gabriel de Mortillet, Leopold III, Prince of Lippe, Georgi Sava Rakovski, and John Abbott. After him are Carl Bolle, Nils Johan Andersson, Antonio Ciseri, Nikolai Zaremba, Apollon Maykov, and Archduke Friedrich of Austria. Among people deceased in 1904, James Longstreet ranks 67. Before him are Edwin Arnold, Émile Duclaux, Wilhelm His Sr., Alexander William Williamson, Sumner Paine, and Leslie Stephen. After him are Georg Sauerwein, Nikolay Mikhaylovsky, Ferdinand Mannlicher, Rodolfo Amando Philippi, Larin Paraske, and Princess Pauline of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, James Longstreet ranks 5,425 out of 20,380. Before him are Howard Stern (1954), Courtney Hodges (1887), Chelsea Field (1957), Cotton Mather (1663), Charles Jewtraw (1900), and Anna Faris (1976). After him are Gloria Foster (1933), Jack Arnold (1916), Jim Walton (1948), Maurice Cheeks (1956), Maude Adams (1872), and Swoosie Kurtz (1944).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, James Longstreet ranks 91. Before him are Marc Mitscher (1887), Walter Bedell Smith (1895), Anthony McAuliffe (1898), Walton Walker (1889), Thomas C. Kinkaid (1888), and Courtney Hodges (1887). After him are Hal Moore (1922), Nathanael Greene (1742), Nelson A. Miles (1839), James M. Gavin (1907), Doris Miller (1919), and Robert Gould Shaw (1837).

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