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After the war James changed his opinion on the war and realized that the war was bad for both sides and nobody really won. Longstreet's defensive and offensive strategy's are still used today. James Longstreet participated in changing the course of American history and anybody who changes history deserves to be remembered.

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After the war James became the head of an insurance company and settled down in New Orleans where he later met  Ulysses Grant and they renewed their friendship. James also joined the republican party of Abraham Lincoln. This caused anger with Longstreet's fellow southerner friends. James Longstreet died on January 2 1904 at the age of 83 six days before his birthday.

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- When bearing the flag during the American/Mexican war, James was shot in the thigh and would have extreme pain even after it healed
-During the Battle of the Wilderness, when Longstreet was fighting Hancock and his men, James was shot in the neck by his own men and still continued fighting
-Longstreet was one of the few civil war general's to live in the twentieth century

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When Union General Hancock attacked Confederate General Hill at an unsuspecting time, driving Hill's corps back in confusion , but before the troops can collapse, Longstreet and his brigade flanked Hancock and drove them away. This battle was a draw but a strategic win for the Confederates.

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The plans for the Battle of Gettysburg were discussed by General Lee and General Longstreet. Lee was planning to have a full out attack with General Pickett leading the charge. He wanted this because the Confederates had the high ground. But Longstreet wanted their men to sneak around the Union Forces and catch them by surprise. This plan was better to execute but it would've taken several days to get around the Union. The Confederates also had many troops dying and injured. They agreed on sending Pickett and their many troops to attack from the high ground. Pickett and his men started to bombard the Union and by the looks of it, the Confederacy had a leg up against them. But the Union came out from the brigadier's flank's and killed every last man there. (Stop at 6:45)

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This battle was one of the bloodiest battles of the civil war. The Union won this battle.

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Once he joined the Confederacy he was immediately commissioned as a brigadier general and was sent to Mananas station. His first battle was at Bull run. Longstreet and his men were viciously shot upon. Longstreet saw that his men were losing moral and was determined to rally his men, and it worked. They won the battle but there was slaughter on both sides, a strategic loss but the Confederacy took the land. Longstreet was later assigned major general.

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When Fort Sumter was bombarded and the civil war officially started Longstreet decided to leave and join the south he told his work friends, "What would you do if your state seceded?" Longstreet exclaimed. After he was told to stay with the Union. This shows that James is very loyal to his people and his home and he is very trustworthy.

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Longstreet was married to Louise Garland in 1848 and they had ten children. Longstreet remained at the Jefferson barracks and stayed there for seven years until he took a transfer to become a paymaster in New York, giving up on all military glory but getting a higher income for a growing family. When the day Georgia seceded he left the north and joined the south.

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Lieutenant Longstreet was sent to Fort Jesup in Louisiana. Longstreet served under an old Indian general named Zachary Taylor. This was during the American/Mexican war. Longstreet saw out hot action at Molino del Rey. It was a hard fought battle with many American losses, but Longstreet himself came out without a scratch.

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Longstreet just barely passed (in 1838) with his friend Ulysses S. Grant and went to Jefferson barracks and there his buddies including Grant would call him "Dutch" or "Old Pete". James liked living at the barracks.

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Longstreet's uncle urged him to study enough to qualify for the exam to the United States military academy at the west point of Alabama. Longstreet did pass and when he went to the academy Longstreet did badly with his grades but was and expert at physical challenges and horsemanship.

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James' dream was to become a soldier and he always was reading book's about military heroes like Napoleon, Ceaser, and of course Washington.  Longstreet attended school in Somerville, Alabama where his mom moved and lived by herself.

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James would love to go outside and enjoy the wilderness and nature, he seemed so loving and caring...but he was a very mischievous boy and a prankster. Though he was very skilled at fishing, hunting, and riding on horseback. These skills would later on help him in years to come.

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James Longstreet was born in Edgefield, South Carolina January 8, 1821. He was the fifth of eleven children. His father died when James was 12 years old. The Longstreet's later moved to Augusta, Georgia and then to Huntsville. He now lived with his mom, his uncle, and his ten brothers and sisters.