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James
Longstreet
Fought For:
Confederacy
Born:
January 18, 1821 Died: January
2, 1904
Horse:
Hero
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Notable James Longstreet Quotes
"I hope to live long
enough to see my surviving comrades march side by side
with the Union veterans along Pennsylvania Avenue, and
then I will die happy."
"Why do men fight who
were born to be brothers?"
"If the blame (if
there is any) can be shifted from him to me, I shall help
him and our cause by taking it. I desire, therefore, that
all the responsibility that can be put upon me shall go
there and shall remain there."
"I do not want to make this charge. I do not see
how it can succeed. I would not make it now but that
General Lee has ordered it and expects it." (said shortly before
Pickett's Charge)
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