Longstreet, James (1821-1904) to George W. Crawford
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09254 Author/Creator: Longstreet, James (1821-1904) Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 21 February 1850 Pagination: 2 p. Order a Copy
To Secretary of War George W. Crawford, asking assistance in obtaining promotion. "I do not hesitate to say that I can furnish ample proof, from every Officer under whom I have served, of as much service as any Officer of my grade could have rendered. I shared a full part in every action (Save one) of the late war against Mexico. Before, and since the war I have constantly served on the Frontier. It is true that I have been breveted twice for services during the late war. But brevets have been given in such promiscuous profusion, that this is an empty requital, which confers neither fame nor reward." Longstreet, then a Bt. Major in the 8th Infantry stationed in San Antonio, did not receive promotion until he joined the Confederacy.
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