Longstreet, James (1821-1904) General Orders Confederate 1st corps Lt. Genl Jas. Longstreet
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00824.02 Author/Creator: Longstreet, James (1821-1904) Place Written: Various Type: Manuscript signed Date: 10 January 1864 - 10 April 1865 Pagination: 1 v. : 76 p. ; 29 x 33 cm. Order a Copy
James Longstreet's general orders to the I Corps. Most of the orders are written and signed for by either Gilbert Moxley Sorrel or Osmun Latrobe. Both signed as Assistant Adjutant General. There are also twenty six printed orders interleaved, as well as six hand written orders on blue paper. Longstreet signs only once, Anderson twice. Orders relate to supplies, enlistment, rations, furloughs, transportation, and other subjects. Include marching orders and speeches to troops, such as: "Soldiers! Let us not go backwards! Let the 1st Corps be always true to itself. We have in the past a brilliant, an unsurpassed record. Let our future eclipse it, in our eagerness for glory, our love of country and our determination to beat the enemy." Many of the orders relate to court martials, including all those that are interleaved. Written during the East Tennessee campaign and the siege of Petersburg. Last entry involves parole for officers after the surrender at Appomattox.
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.
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