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Longstreet, James (1821-1904) Special Orders Confederate 1st corps

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00824.01 Author/Creator: Longstreet, James (1821-1904) Place Written: Various Type: Manuscript signed Date: 1 January 1864 - 1 April 1865 Pagination: 1 v. : 247 p. ; 29 x 23 cm. Order a Copy

Records orders related to various kinds of authorized troop movements. Lists movement of individual military personnel, leaves of absence for officers, and unit positions. The orders are given by Longstreet and Anderson, but signed by only Latrobe and Sorrel. Written during the East Tennessee campaign and the siege of Petersburg.

Gilbert Moxley Sorrel was Longstreet's volunteer aide-de-camp, always at his side. He rose to become chief of staff of the First Corps.
Osmun Latrobe served as Longstreet's Assistant Adjutant General towards the close of the war.
Anderson, Richard Herron, 1821-1879.
Richard Herron Anderson was a Confederate General. He commanded the First Corps while Longstreet was recovering from being shot.

Longstreet, James, 1821-1904
Sorrel, G. Moxley (Gilbert Moxley), 1838-1901
Latrobe, Osmun, 1835-1915
Anderson, Richard Heron, 1821-1879

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