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The Tragedies of General James Longstreet
James G. Longstreet’s reputation has been a controversial yo-yo for more than 150 years. Pete. James G. Longstreet (1821-1904) was nicknamed Pete in infancy, and it stuck throughout his long life. Born in SC to a large family of Dutch … Continue reading
Posted in American Civil War, Nifty History People
Tagged "Pete" Longstreet, American history, Army of Northern Virginia, Battle of Gettysburg, Civil War history The American Civil War, General James G. Longstreet, General Ulysses S. Grant, George Custer, George McClellan, George Pickett, history, James G. Longstreet, Lee's Old War Horse, Mrs. James G. Longstreet, Pickett's Charge, Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, The War with Mexico, Ulysses S. Grant, West Point
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Dr. Jonathan Letterman and Civil War Medicine
Evacuating the wounded from the battlefield could take days at the start of the American Civil War. The Letterman System Dr. Jonathan Letterman (1824-72) was an army surgeon who came from a distinguished medical family. During the 1850s, he was … Continue reading
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Tagged "Father of Battlefield Medicine", Ambulance Corps, American Civil War, American history, Battle of Bull Run, Battle of Fredericksburg, Battle of Gettysburg, Battle of Second Manassas, Civil War, Civil War ambulances, Civil War history, Civil war medical advances, Dr. Jonathan Letterman, Feather Schwartz Foster, General George B. McClellan, history, Jonathan Letterman, Major Jonathan Letterman, medicine during the Civil War, The history of the Ambulance Corps, The Letterman System, US history
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