Longstreet attended the 25th anniversary of the battle of Gettysburg despite not being invited by any Confederate memorial organizations. He was well received and popular with the other attendees and even met and spoke with Dan Sickles whose Corps Longstreet's men had wrecked on the second days battle. An altogether memorable remembrance of James Longstreet.

I have always admired General Longstreet . A very competent , brave , and no - nonsense soldier. Thank you for sharing.

I thought I was some sort of Civil War buff.....I learned more about Longstreet from this presentation than I had learned in my 60+ years.....Thank-you....

Brilliant!!! Absolutely the best rendition of Longstreet. Only those that are well read in the war, knew about his Nickname! Extremely factual to the T!

Dr. Fields. You do a wonderful portrayal of General Grant. Very nice video.

I loved hearing Grant's view on Old Pete!! Longstreet was not a South Carolinian though. He was only born there. He moved back across the river shortly after birth, spending his early years in Augusta, GA. He then grew up on the farm in Gainesville, GA After the Civil War, and after serving at several civil jobs around the country, he again returned to Gainesville, GA to build a hotel, which he and his second wife operated until his death. He is buried in the Alta Vista cemetery in Gainesville.

LONGSTRETT A GREAT AMERICAN

I have been researching antebellum Westpoint curriculum. I came across your video and you have confirmed my suspicion. Which is the blaring emphasis on engineering that was taught. This research began after noticing the engineering backgrounds mentioned in several officers' memoirs although I was looking for infantry tactics/strategy when I began. Very interesting. Thanks! I'll be watching more.

Having read "The Tarnished Lieuteant" plus other books on Grant, I knew how close they were. The actor for Grant does a highly commendable portrayal. Altogether credible. Did not know however that his second wife lived to 1962. She did much to correct his image long after his death, in the '30s and 40s. She deserves a book on her if one does not already exist.

I love the first person approach from Grant in this video!

What a great piece; real history may save us yet...

Longstreet's widow worked in a munitions plant doing WW II.

Grant won the war at Vicksburg, the defeat at Gettysburg just accelerated the process. (Btw, Meade won that battle as well. I don't enjoy talking smack about Lee because he absolutely was a good commander, but his reputation is overblown.)

I had no idea of Longstreet's Mexican War service. Fascinating video!

Enjoyable presentation. I will say I was always under the impression that though Longstreet didn't always agree with Lee, he liked and respected him.

I enjoyed that immensely.

Very entertaining and educational! Thank you!

This video was excellent. Longstreet moved to Gainesville, GA after the Civil War . . . and lived there the rest of his life. I grew up in Gainesville.

this is a fabulous video.... great job!

Excellent. A must watch

My daughter lives about a mile from Grant's Farm in St. Louis and I've been to Jefferson Barracks. I often wonder when I'm on streets around that place and Jefferson Barracks, did they really walk here??? RIGHT HERE? Maybe :)

Just came across your channel. Thank you for the content. I enjoyed it and subscribed!! 😊

I always had a favorable impression of Longstreet, but never knew much. Really enjoyed this telling. As for Lee - highly regarded by many, but almost every battle Lee won, he was on the defense. The decision to send Pickett’s division up that slope at Gettysburg was a really bad decision. It seems to have haunted him.

" He will fight us everyday", James Longstreet on General Grant.

I appreciate such a wonderful telling of the service of one of my southern heroes, James Longstreet. I am not surprised that Jubal Early didn't like him. Anyone Early didn't like must have been be a great person, but I digress. I never believed that Longstreet was the cause of the Lost Cause, and I do not now.

Great presentation. More please

Well done. Thank you.

great presentation, thank you

Very well done. Thank you!

This is cool. Do more. Talk about whether you were really a drunk or not.

You do wonder if Longstreet, Forrest, Stuart had different roles. OTOH, I've learned a lot to give respect to Lincoln, Stanton, Grant, and Sherman.

Bravo! Last year I finished a book about Mosby... "Hell is being a Republican in Virginia" if I recall correctly... (I've had two strokes since then...) Grant knew that the South had to be defeated...but as Lincoln ultimately came to understand... there was a massive difference between "Traitors" and "Rebels..." (Our Founding Fathers were rebels...most of whom had, earlier in life, sworn allegiance to the King...) That is why Appomattox ended with respect and salutes... rather than hanging and firing squads as in the later Russian Civil War. Confederate statues may need to move to museums...but we are not the Balkans... We must not dig up the hatreds of 1860...but need to let the dead rest in peace. Raiding parties no longer cross the Missouri/Kansas border... only high school and college sports teams... YP

Good series.

This living historian acting as, General Ulysses S. Grant and performing in a tavern while doing so, is totally ironic. Cheers! 🥃

You do look like Grant, wow. Great video.

Longstreet became one the most hated former Confederates in the South during Reconstruction when he joined the Republican Party.

Longstreet was ambassador to Turkey

This would be more authentic if the narrator wasn't speaking with a southern accent - Grant was from Illinois. He sounds like an Alabami

Sounds like Longstreet was a better General than Lee or Grant. What a shame!

Grant it is time for someone to respond to you, General Lee was a great general and a Mexican War hero, so were you. First, Lee's aggressive attacks using men like Longstreet and Stonewall Jackson saved Richmond many times and prolonged the war. Because Lee fought against men such as you it forced Lincoln to issue his Emancipation Proclamation to stop England and France from helping the CSA, Because of General Lee's aggression in fighting for State Rights it killed slavery, Thank you General Lee for the service. At Gettysburg Lee's orders were not followed quickly by Longstreet and it cost them a good chance at a great victory on day two. On day three Longstreet was again slow and he sent Pickett forward without proper support and did not tell Lee. In Tennessee who did Longstreet call and who did he name his son after? Lee. In 1864 Lee and Longstreet came close to defeating you in the Wilderness. Only Lee's supplies not being at Amelia Courthouse brought Lee to bay, and he rejected guerrilla warfare by surrendering he thought slavery would be over, and over time the ex-slaves all be educated could work to vote, and the government would remain the same as before strictly Federal government with State Rights . But the radicals sought to control everything and sought to strip men like Jefferson Davis of their rights with you working with them. This led to the KKK and its allies fighting the guerilla warfare that Lee rejected. In the end, they were successful and Longstreet was defeated at the third great battle of New Orleans. Grant you were a great general and so was Lee, and instead of you always seeming to lower Lee, you should praise him for his fighting in Mexico it led to Manifest Destiny for the USA, and by his defending Statre Rights it helped kill slavery. Lee like you was a great general and later a good president at a college, but Grant you were along with radicals a poor government. Not you, Lee, or Longstreet were perfect. Longstreet was a good corp commander under Lee, but never achieved fame as an independent commander. Lee should be praised for his service. You too Grant and Longstreet, but remember the Tenth Amendment. reet

Taped it should work

Tip, when you have auto focus on your camera, with offset subjects at different depths of field, the camera continuously attempts to focus on both, making the video a bit disorienting. Center the person in frame.

Very informative!

Team Longstreet ❤

Ol' Pete would of won Gettysburg if he and not Lee was in command.

Impressive.

At first, I thought this would be hokey, but it was actually pretty good.

Wow! Nice different presentation! In a human way!

I liked Gen LongStreet he had alot other ball and my distant relation married John Wyckoff married Alice Longstreet I guess one of Longstreets Daughters I'm left in limbo about that .and Gen Grant I were tied in there somewhere also for relation .grant and Longstreet were very good friends

May I ask who else heard the conversations between Lee and Longstreet at Gettysburg? Or, had Lee ever supported Longstreet's story?

Lee was great. Too bad Jeff Davis did not listen to him.

Hey can't breakfast look good on the grill there this morning sorry you couldn't get too much sleep Dakota must have had a bad dream about one of his ex-girlfriends hahaha we will keep praying that you get a a different good running car for you if you can't goodnight and God bless

BZ

Grant had a southern accent? He was a Westerner.

There was no southern 'aristocracy'. All the American aristocracies were in the north based largely on southern cotton. I would dare anyone to define aristocracy and then name a single southern family that actually meets that definition.

I dated a guy with the same name. He was trash too.

Longstreet went back to Augusta to play in the Masters.