James Longstreet stood with Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson in the great triumvirate of the Army of Northern Virginia. He fought from First Manassas through Appomattox and served as Lee's senior subordinate for most of that time. In this classic work, first published by UNC Press in 1936, H. J. Eckenrode and Bryan Conrad follow Longstreet from his leading role in the military history of the Confederacy through his controversial postwar career and eventual status as an outcast in Southern society. Though they acknowledge his considerable gifts as a corps commander and absolve him of guilt...

This is a reprint of the book originally published as a "Special Report of the Department of Archives and History for 1913," in the Thirteenth Annual Report of the Library Board of the Virginia State Library 1915-1916, Richmond, Virginia, 1917. This book covers the pre-Revolutionary period, and is a listing of individual soldiers of Virginia, as well as the source material. The Preface provides a well-written background on the subject and the sources. This work Includes those who participated in the French and Indian War, the Indian Wars, Lord Dunmore's War, and various engagements and...