Longstreet
Proper noun
Meaning
Longstreet (plural Longstreets)
A surname.
Examples
All that you can send will be thankfully received." citation Meanwhile, Longstreet again developed strategic plans.
Actions in the Wilderness, 11 a.m., May 6. Longstreet attacks Hancock's flank from the railroad bed.
After Longstreet rejoined the main army, he was highly critical of Lee's strategy, saying that battles like Chancellorsville cost the Confederacy more men than it could afford to lose.
Additionally, Longstreet positioned his men behind a stone wall at the foot of Marye's Heights and held off fourteen assaults by Union forces.
Against the advice from General Longstreet and Jackson, Lee split his troops into four parts to attack the Union from different fronts.
Although the entire operation would take over three weeks, Longstreet and lead elements of his corps arrived on September 17. Wert, pp. 300-05.