James Longstreet, Serving In Texas, Signs An Ordnance Document

JAMES LONGSTREET

Publication: Written by Captain James Longstreet, 1856, Fort Bliss, Texas

Original one page letter signed as Captain James Lomgstreet to Colonel H(enry) K(nox) Craig, Chief of Ordnance, Washington, D,C, Longstreet wrote "I have the honor to transmit herewith a Return & Vouchers of Ordnance & Ordnance Stores for part of the 1st Quarter 1856." The letter is signed James Longstreet as Captain. The letter is in fine condition, matted with a portrait of the general and framed to an overall size of 19 1/2" x 13 1/2."

JAMES LONGSTREET (1821-1904). Longstreet was a Confederate general known as Lee's Old War Horse. He fought at many important battles, including Manassas, Richmond, the second battle of Bull Run, Antietam and, most famously, Gettysburg. At Gettysburg he tried to dissuade Lee from ordering the disastrous charge on the third day. When Lee retreated to Virginia, Longstreet along with five brigades was transferred to the Army of Tennessee under Bragg, and at the battle of Chickamauga held the left wing of the Confederate Army. He was known in the army as "Old Pete" and was considered the hardest fighter in the Confederate service. Tastefully framed and presented.