James Longstreet
1821 - 1904 (82 years)-
Name James Longstreet [1, 2, 3, 4] Born 8 Jan 1821 Edgefield County, South Carolina, USA 
[1, 4] Gender Male Race White [1] Residence 1880 Gainesville, Hall, Georgia, USA [1] Age: 59; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Self Died 2 Jan 1904 Gainesville, Hall County, Georgia, USA [4] - Age: 82
Buried Gainesville, Hall County, Georgia, USA [4] Person ID I7680 Clark Benscoter Last Modified 4 Mar 2020
Father James Longstreet, b. Abt 1784, d. 1843 (Age ~ 59 years) Relationship natural Mother Mary Ann Dent, b. 13 Mar 1793, Maryland, USA , d. 14 Sep 1855, Macon County, Georgia, USA (Age 62 years) Relationship natural Married 30 Dec 1812 Richmond, Georgia, USA [5] Family ID F696 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Maria Louisa Garland, b. 16 Mar 1827, Fort Snelling, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA , d. 30 Dec 1889, Gainesville, Hall County, Georgia, USA (Age 62 years) Married 8 Mar 1848 Lynchburg, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA [2, 3] Children 1. R Lee Longstreet, b. Abt 1864, Virginia, USA [natural]2. James Longstreet, b. Abt 1865, Virginia, USA [natural]3. Fitz Randolph Longstreet, b. 1 Jul 1869, Virginia, USA , d. 19 Aug 1951 (Age 82 years) [natural]4. Mariah L. Longstreet, b. Abt 1874, Michigan, USA [natural]5. John G Longstreet, b. 1848, d. 3 Mar 1918 (Age 70 years) [natural] Last Modified 4 Mar 2020 Family ID F2330 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Helen Dortch Last Modified 4 Mar 2020 Family ID F2331 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 8 Jan 1821 - Edgefield County, South Carolina, USA 
Married - 8 Mar 1848 - Lynchburg, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA 
Residence - Age: 59; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Self - 1880 - Gainesville, Hall, Georgia, USA 
Died - 2 Jan 1904 - Gainesville, Hall County, Georgia, USA Buried - - Gainesville, Hall County, Georgia, USA = Link to Google Earth
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Notes - Longstreet, James (1821-1904), Confederate general, who distinguished himself in several battles of the American Civil War.
Longstreet was born on January 8, 1821, in Edgefield District, South Carolina, and educated at the U.S. Military Academy. He served in the Mexican War and was promoted to major for gallantry in action. At the outbreak of the Civil War, he resigned his commission in the U.S. Army and entered the Confederate army as a brigadier general. He commanded a brigade in the First Battle of Bull Run in 1861 and was made a major general in 1862. In the retreat before the Union General George B. McClellan during the Peninsular campaign of April to July 1862, he aided in the successful withdrawal of the main army. At the Second Battle of Bull Run later that year, the Confederate victory was due largely to his timely arrival and effective tactics. Longstreet's further participation in the battles of Antietam and Fredericksburg (both in 1862) won him promotion to lieutenant general.
After the Battle of Gettysburg, where Longstreet's failure to take the offensive according to plan contributed to the Confederate defeat, he was transferred to the Army of Tennessee, and at the Battle of Chickamauga in September 1863 he saved the Confederate army from crushing defeat. He was severely wounded in May 1864 but recovered in time to resume command later that year. Longstreet was with General Robert E. Lee when Lee surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House in April 1865.
After the war Longstreet became a member of the Republican Party. From 1880 to 1881 he was U.S. minister to Turkey, and from 1897 until his death in Gainesville, Georgia, on January 2, 1904, Longstreet held the position of federal commissioner of Pacific railroads.
"Longstreet, James," Microsoft(R) Encarta(R) 97 Encyclopedia. (c) 1993-1996 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. General James Longstreet was born on 8 January 1821 at Plantation near, Edgefield, South Carolina. He was the son of James Longstreet and Mary Ann Dent. General James Longstreet married Maria Louisa Garland on 8 March 1848 at Episcpal Chapel, Lynchburg, Bedford County, Virginia. General James Longstreet married Helen Dortch on 8 September 1897 at Governor's Mansion, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia. General James Longstreet died on 2 January 1904 at Gainesville, Georgia, at age 82. He was buried on 6 January 1904 at Alta Vista Cemetery, Gainesville, Georgia.
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- Longstreet, James (1821-1904), Confederate general, who distinguished himself in several battles of the American Civil War.
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Sources - [S225] 1880 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Year: 1880; Census Place: Gainesville, Hall, Georgia; Roll: 150; Family History Film: 1254150; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 132; Image: 0350.
Record for Mariah L. Longstreet - [S347] Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;).
Record for Maria Louisa Garland - [S571] Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;).
Record for Maria Louisa Garland - [S259] U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
Record for Maria Louisa Longstreet - [S848] Georgia, Compiled Marriages, 1754-1850, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 1997;).
Record for Mary Ann Dent
- [S225] 1880 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Year: 1880; Census Place: Gainesville, Hall, Georgia; Roll: 150; Family History Film: 1254150; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 132; Image: 0350.