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Mexico (Mexico, Mexico) (search for this): entry longstreet-james
Longstreet, James 1821- Military officer; born in Edgefield district, S. C., Jan. 8, 1821; graduated at West Point in 1842; served in the war against Mexico (1846-48), in which he was severely wounded; and was distinguished for bravery. He held the rank of major in the United States army when the Civil War broke out, and, joining the Confederates, was made a brigadier-general in their army in October, 1861. All through the Civil War he was regarded as one of the ablest of the Confederate military leaders, and as Lee's right hand, attaining the rank of lieutenant-general. After the close of the war he became a Republican. After holding several federal offices he was appointed minister to Turkey in 1880, and James Longstreet. United States commissioner of railroads in 1897.
Edgefield (South Carolina, United States) (search for this): entry longstreet-james
Longstreet, James 1821- Military officer; born in Edgefield district, S. C., Jan. 8, 1821; graduated at West Point in 1842; served in the war against Mexico (1846-48), in which he was severely wounded; and was distinguished for bravery. He held the rank of major in the United States army when the Civil War broke out, and, joining the Confederates, was made a brigadier-general in their army in October, 1861. All through the Civil War he was regarded as one of the ablest of the Confederate military leaders, and as Lee's right hand, attaining the rank of lieutenant-general. After the close of the war he became a Republican. After holding several federal offices he was appointed minister to Turkey in 1880, and James Longstreet. United States commissioner of railroads in 1897.
United States (United States) (search for this): entry longstreet-james
Longstreet, James 1821- Military officer; born in Edgefield district, S. C., Jan. 8, 1821; graduated at West Point in 1842; served in the war against Mexico (1846-48), in which he was severely wounded; and was distinguished for bravery. He held the rank of major in the United States army when the Civil War broke out, and, joining the Confederates, was made a brigadier-general in their army in October, 1861. All through the Civil War he was regarded as one of the ablest of the Confederate military leaders, and as Lee's right hand, attaining the rank of lieutenant-general. After the close of the war he became a Republican. After holding several federal offices he was appointed minister to Turkey in 1880, and James Longstreet. United States commissioner of railroads in 1897.
Turquie (Turkey) (search for this): entry longstreet-james
Longstreet, James 1821- Military officer; born in Edgefield district, S. C., Jan. 8, 1821; graduated at West Point in 1842; served in the war against Mexico (1846-48), in which he was severely wounded; and was distinguished for bravery. He held the rank of major in the United States army when the Civil War broke out, and, joining the Confederates, was made a brigadier-general in their army in October, 1861. All through the Civil War he was regarded as one of the ablest of the Confederate military leaders, and as Lee's right hand, attaining the rank of lieutenant-general. After the close of the war he became a Republican. After holding several federal offices he was appointed minister to Turkey in 1880, and James Longstreet. United States commissioner of railroads in 1897.
West Point (New York, United States) (search for this): entry longstreet-james
Longstreet, James 1821- Military officer; born in Edgefield district, S. C., Jan. 8, 1821; graduated at West Point in 1842; served in the war against Mexico (1846-48), in which he was severely wounded; and was distinguished for bravery. He held the rank of major in the United States army when the Civil War broke out, and, joining the Confederates, was made a brigadier-general in their army in October, 1861. All through the Civil War he was regarded as one of the ablest of the Confederate military leaders, and as Lee's right hand, attaining the rank of lieutenant-general. After the close of the war he became a Republican. After holding several federal offices he was appointed minister to Turkey in 1880, and James Longstreet. United States commissioner of railroads in 1897.
James Longstreet (search for this): entry longstreet-james
Longstreet, James 1821- Military officer; born in Edgefield district, S. C., Jan. 8, 1821; graduated at West Point in 1842; served in the war against Mexico (1846-48), in which he was severely wounded; and was distinguished for bravery. He held the rank of major in the United States army when the Civil War broke out, and, joining the Confederates, was made a brigadier-general in their army in October, 1861. All through the Civil War he was regarded as one of the ablest of the Confederate my when the Civil War broke out, and, joining the Confederates, was made a brigadier-general in their army in October, 1861. All through the Civil War he was regarded as one of the ablest of the Confederate military leaders, and as Lee's right hand, attaining the rank of lieutenant-general. After the close of the war he became a Republican. After holding several federal offices he was appointed minister to Turkey in 1880, and James Longstreet. United States commissioner of railroads in 1897.
William Lee (search for this): entry longstreet-james
Longstreet, James 1821- Military officer; born in Edgefield district, S. C., Jan. 8, 1821; graduated at West Point in 1842; served in the war against Mexico (1846-48), in which he was severely wounded; and was distinguished for bravery. He held the rank of major in the United States army when the Civil War broke out, and, joining the Confederates, was made a brigadier-general in their army in October, 1861. All through the Civil War he was regarded as one of the ablest of the Confederate military leaders, and as Lee's right hand, attaining the rank of lieutenant-general. After the close of the war he became a Republican. After holding several federal offices he was appointed minister to Turkey in 1880, and James Longstreet. United States commissioner of railroads in 1897.
1897 AD (search for this): entry longstreet-james
Longstreet, James 1821- Military officer; born in Edgefield district, S. C., Jan. 8, 1821; graduated at West Point in 1842; served in the war against Mexico (1846-48), in which he was severely wounded; and was distinguished for bravery. He held the rank of major in the United States army when the Civil War broke out, and, joining the Confederates, was made a brigadier-general in their army in October, 1861. All through the Civil War he was regarded as one of the ablest of the Confederate military leaders, and as Lee's right hand, attaining the rank of lieutenant-general. After the close of the war he became a Republican. After holding several federal offices he was appointed minister to Turkey in 1880, and James Longstreet. United States commissioner of railroads in 1897.
1880 AD (search for this): entry longstreet-james
Longstreet, James 1821- Military officer; born in Edgefield district, S. C., Jan. 8, 1821; graduated at West Point in 1842; served in the war against Mexico (1846-48), in which he was severely wounded; and was distinguished for bravery. He held the rank of major in the United States army when the Civil War broke out, and, joining the Confederates, was made a brigadier-general in their army in October, 1861. All through the Civil War he was regarded as one of the ablest of the Confederate military leaders, and as Lee's right hand, attaining the rank of lieutenant-general. After the close of the war he became a Republican. After holding several federal offices he was appointed minister to Turkey in 1880, and James Longstreet. United States commissioner of railroads in 1897.
1846 AD (search for this): entry longstreet-james
Longstreet, James 1821- Military officer; born in Edgefield district, S. C., Jan. 8, 1821; graduated at West Point in 1842; served in the war against Mexico (1846-48), in which he was severely wounded; and was distinguished for bravery. He held the rank of major in the United States army when the Civil War broke out, and, joining the Confederates, was made a brigadier-general in their army in October, 1861. All through the Civil War he was regarded as one of the ablest of the Confederate military leaders, and as Lee's right hand, attaining the rank of lieutenant-general. After the close of the war he became a Republican. After holding several federal offices he was appointed minister to Turkey in 1880, and James Longstreet. United States commissioner of railroads in 1897.
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