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"If Longstreet Says So, It Is Most Likely Not True"/ Robert K. Krick
Hello,
First thread here we go. I have always found Gen. Longstreet to be an interesting figure. Recently I was reading Gary Gallagher's work The Second Day of Gettysburg: Essays on Confederate and Union Leadership which features the above article by Robert Krick. The essay caught me a little off guard by the harsh tone. Krick paints Longstreet in a very negative light. Looking to the experts on this site I wanted to get any opinions of the essay. Here is a brief outlined of his main points below:
-He had a melancholy and disagreeable personality
-He was something of a dullard who finished 54 of 56 at West Point
-He favored incompetent men like Toombs, Pickett, Wigfall
-He shifted blame to others such as Huger and McLaws
-He was pro-Johnston and anti-Lee
-He performed poorly at Seven Pines, Suffolk and Knoxville
-He fabricated the famed offensive-defensive agreement with Lee
-He was slow on 2nd day of Gettysburg
The full essay is available on google books starting on page 57:
https://books.google.com/books?id=T...jAhXLhOAKHdEFD0IQ6AEIMjAC#v=onepage&q&f=false
Thanks in advance.
Hello,
First thread here we go. I have always found Gen. Longstreet to be an interesting figure. Recently I was reading Gary Gallagher's work The Second Day of Gettysburg: Essays on Confederate and Union Leadership which features the above article by Robert Krick. The essay caught me a little off guard by the harsh tone. Krick paints Longstreet in a very negative light. Looking to the experts on this site I wanted to get any opinions of the essay. Here is a brief outlined of his main points below:
-He had a melancholy and disagreeable personality
-He was something of a dullard who finished 54 of 56 at West Point
-He favored incompetent men like Toombs, Pickett, Wigfall
-He shifted blame to others such as Huger and McLaws
-He was pro-Johnston and anti-Lee
-He performed poorly at Seven Pines, Suffolk and Knoxville
-He fabricated the famed offensive-defensive agreement with Lee
-He was slow on 2nd day of Gettysburg
The full essay is available on google books starting on page 57:
https://books.google.com/books?id=T...jAhXLhOAKHdEFD0IQ6AEIMjAC#v=onepage&q&f=false
Thanks in advance.
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