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In 1863 Lieutenant General James Longstreet was placed in command of the Confederate Department of Virginia and North Carolina. Longstreet was given four objectives: (1) to protect Richmond, (2) give support to Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia if and when needed, (3) forage and gather supplies for the Confederate armies, (4) to capture the Union garrison at Suffolk if possible.
James Longstreet (January 8, 1821 – January 2, 1904) was a Confederate general during the American Civil War and was the principal subordinate to General Robert E. Lee, who called him his "Old War Horse".
The monuments of the Gettysburg Battlefield commemorate the Battle of Gettysburg, which took place on July 1-3, 1863, during the American Civil War. Most are located within Gettysburg National Military Park; others are on private land at battle sites in and around Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Together, they represent "one of the largest ...
Gettysburg Battlefield, Pennsylvania, US, statue of General Longstreet by Gary Casteel, sculptor's website This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America .
The park's properties include most of the Gettysburg Battlefield, many of the battle's support areas during the battle, including reserve, supply, and hospital locations, and several non-battle areas associated with the battle's aftermath and commemoration, including the Gettysburg National Cemetery, where the Gettysburg Address was delivered ...
Overview map of the third day of the Battle of Gettysburg, July 3, 1863. The north-south Union line (in blue) follows Cemetery Ridge. On the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg, Cemetery Ridge was unoccupied for much of the day until the Union army retreated from its positions north of town, when the divisions of Brig. Gen. John C. Robinson and Maj. Gen. Abner Doubleday from the I Corps were ...
Map of Thoroughfare Gap Battlefield core and study areas by the American Battlefield Protection Program. At 9:30 a.m. on August 28, Wyndham's troopers encountered Longstreet's vanguard while attempting to fell trees across the road on the east side of the gap. Wyndham immediately dispatched a courier to Ricketts at Gainesville.
The battlefield site is preserved and administered by West Virginia as Droop Mountain Battlefield State Park, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [ 131 ] [ 132 ] The park was dedicated in 1928, and is West Virginia's oldest state park. [ 133 ]