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To: gandalftb

I think there is a statue of Longstreet at Gettysburg. There is certainly a beautiful one of Lee, mounted on Traveler, there. In fact, the largest monument at Gettysburg is the one for the State of Virginia. Every State that fought there, north or south, has a memorial.


45 posted on 04/30/2019 10:30:46 PM PDT by HandyDandy (“all right, then, I’ll go to hell” H.Finn)
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To: HandyDandy

Longstreet urged political cooperation with blacks.

He was highly critical of Lee’s decision to invade the North in 1863 and Lee’s tactics at the battle of Gettysburg.

Until the monument at Gettysburg went up less than 20 years ago, there was no monument to Longstreet anywhere.

His statue is not mounted on a pedestal and is almost hidden away behind a screen of trees, set in an out-of-the-way section of the 6,000-acre park, away from the more majestic memorials that honor Confederate — and Union — soldiers.


53 posted on 05/01/2019 8:46:40 AM PDT by gandalftb
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