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Longstreet at Gettysburg: A Critical Reassessment

Longstreet at Gettysburg: A Critical Reassessment

Current price: $41.93
Publication Date: March 13th, 2019
Publisher:
McFarland & Company
ISBN:
9781476674049
Pages:
215
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Description

This is the first book-length, critical analysis of Lieutenant General James Longstreet's actions at the Battle of Gettysburg. The author argues that Longstreet's record has been discredited unfairly, beginning with character assassination by his contemporaries after the war and, persistently, by historians in the decades since. By closely studying the three-day battle, and conducting an incisive historiographical inquiry into Longstreet's treatment by scholars, this book presents an alternative view of Longstreet as an effective military leader, and refutes over a century of negative evaluations of his performance.

About the Author

Cory M. Pfarr works for the Department of Defense. He lives in Fallston, Maryland.