From Manassas to Appomattox

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From Manassas to Appomattox is the memoir of Confederate General James Longstreet, recounting his experiences and perspectives on major campaigns of the American Civil War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book
memoir
nonfiction work
author James Longstreet
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
coversCampaign Eastern Theater of the American Civil War
describesEvent Appomattox Campaign
Battle of Antietam
Battle of Fredericksburg
Battle of Gettysburg
First Battle of Bull Run
Overland Campaign
Second Battle of Bull Run
Siege of Petersburg
documentsRoleOf James Longstreet
surface form: James Longstreet in the American Civil War
focusesOn Army of Northern Virginia
Confederate military strategy
genre historical memoir
military memoir
hasPerspective Confederate States Army
surface form: Confederate
historicalPerspective postwar Confederate memoir tradition
historicalRelevance primary source on Confederate command perspective
includes analysis of battles
defense of Longstreet’s conduct at Gettysburg
personal recollections
language English
literaryForm autobiographical narrative
mainSubject American Civil War
Confederate States Army
James Longstreet
narrativePerspective first-person
portrays Jefferson Davis
Robert E. Lee
Stonewall Jackson
Ulysses S. Grant
relatedWork Civil War memoirs by other Confederate generals
structure chronological account of campaigns
subjectOf scholarly analysis in Civil War historiography
timePeriodDescribed 1861–1865
American Civil War
titleReferences First Battle of Bull Run
surface form: First Battle of Manassas

Battle of Appomattox Court House
surface form: Surrender at Appomattox Court House
usedAs reference work by Civil War historians

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James Longstreet notableWork From Manassas to Appomattox