Letters / Correspondence

James Longstreet

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Letters table
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1 Robert E. Lee James Longstreet My Dear General: I have just received your note of this evening. General Jones’ division has been moved to the left to rejoin General Magruder’s command. Smith’s division, General Whiting, occupies... Jun. 6, 1862
2 Robert E. Lee James Longstreet General: In reply to your letter of the 11th instant I have the honor to inform you that the Secretary of War has authorized me to comply with the request of Colonel Jenkins, as to retaining the... Jul. 18, 1862
3 Robert E. Lee James Longstreet General: Your note of this morning is received. If you can find suitable positions you can locate a brigade on the Darbytown and River roads and give them the necessary directions. They will serve,... Jul. 23, 1862
4 Robert E. Lee James Longstreet General: The communication of Col. John V. Moore, commanding Second Brigade, referred to me by you, is received. It presents a state of affairs in his command greatly to be regretted. It is useless... Aug. 1, 1862
5 Robert E. Lee James Longstreet General: Your note of 6.30 p. m. yesterday is just received. At this distance, without knowing the position of strength of the enemy, it is impossible for me to decide the question you propose. I... Aug. 14, 1862
6 Robert E. Lee James Longstreet I wish you to direct Gen Walker’s Division to proceed to Paris via Millwood, and to take post either at that place, Upperville, or on Crooked Creek in the vicinity of Piedmont. It will be necessary... Oct. 22, 1862
7 Robert E. Lee James Longstreet Your note is rec’d. I regret I did not see you this morning. Genl Stuart is here, and thinks the enemy is moving towards Fredericksburg. They have placed pickets at the Ford of the Rappahannock,... Nov. 15, 1862
8 Robert E. Lee James Longstreet I have heard nothing of any movements of the enemy to day. Gen Jackson in answer to my dispatch to send through the mountains to ascertain, telegraphs that Capt Gibson of the 6th Va cav., scouting... Nov. 16, 1862
9 Robert E. Lee James Longstreet I send you a dispatch just recd from Genl Jackson; also one from Lieut Smith who is north of the Rappahannock. By the former it wd. appear that the enemy is strengthening himself at Harpers Ferry... Nov. 18, 1862
10 Robert E. Lee James Longstreet A dispatch received from Gen Stuart this morning dated Warrenton 6 ½ P.M. yesterday states that the loss of the enemy’s infantry and artillery passed through that place at 2 P.M. The last of the... Nov. 19, 1862
11 Robert E. Lee James Longstreet General: It has been reported to the commanding general that many persons leave this command without proper authority, to prevent which he wishes the requirements of Paragraph III, General Orders,... Nov. 28, 1862
12 Robert E. Lee James Longstreet I have just received a note from General Stuart, who has been closely reconnoitering all day about Port Royal. He thinks the Hazelwood farm a very favorable place for the enemy to cross, there... Dec. 3, 1862
13 Robert E. Lee James Longstreet I have considered your remarks and those of Gen Pickett, dated respectively Dec 29th & 28th, in reply to a reference by [illegible] to yourself for information why an order of Lt Col Corley Ch... Dec. 9, 1862
14 Robert E. Lee James Longstreet I regret to hear such bad accounts of the roads. Send Hood by a different route from Pickett. He need not go direct to Hanover junction, but Can halt near the Central R. R. in the vicinity of the... Feb. 16, 1863
15 Robert E. Lee James Longstreet I have recd your letters of the 4th & 5th Inst: I have as yet seen nothing to indicate a charge of purpose in the enemy to attack Charleston. If Wilmington is their object as supposed by Genl... Mar. 7, 1863
16 Robert E. Lee James Longstreet General,Your letters of the 29th & 30th have been rec’d. I fear that the enemy, by preparation of constant falsehood & presented reports of intended advance on ? us; and that while acting... Apr. 2, 1863
17 Robert E. Lee James Longstreet General: I have just received yours of 2d instant upon my return to my former camp.My letter of the 1st instant, to which you refer, was intended to apprise you of my intended movement, and to... May 7, 1863
18 Robert E. Lee James Longstreet General: A dispatch from Ewell, dated 5 a. m. to-day, states that Early’s division stormed the enemy’s works at Winchester, capturing their cannon, &c., with little loss on our side. He was... Jun. 15, 1863
19 James Longstreet Walter H. Taylor Yours of to-day is received. I will wait here for the General or very near here. Stuart reports the enemy gave towards centreville & Manassas. A Courier just in reports Genl Buford’s Cavalry in... Jun. 17, 1863
20 Robert E. Lee James Longstreet I have wished for several days past to return to the army, but have been detained by the President. He will not listen to my proposition to leave tomorrow.I hope you will use every exertion to... Aug. 31, 1863
21 Robert E. Lee James Longstreet Your letters of the 10 & 11th Inst: were handed to me by Capt Goree last night. I am glad that you are casting about for some way to reach the enemy. If he Could be defeated at some point... Jan. 16, 1864
22 Robert E. Lee James Longstreet Your letters of the 10 & 11th Inst: were handed to me by Capt Goree last night. I am glad that you are casting about for some way to reach the enemy. If he Could be defeated at some point... Jan. 16, 1864
23 Robert E. Lee James Longstreet Your letters of the 10 & 11th Inst: were handed to me by Capt Goree last night. I am glad that you are casting about for some way to reach the enemy. If he Could be defeated at some point... Jan. 16, 1864
24 Robert E. Lee James Longstreet I recd by the hands of Col: Sorrel your letters of the 2nd & 3rd Inst: I have delayed my reply hoping to obtain certain information bearing upon the question presented, but it has not been... Feb. 17, 1864
25 Robert E. Lee James Longstreet I recd by the hands of Col: Sorrel your letters of the 2nd & 3rd Inst: I have delayed my reply hoping to obtain certain information bearing upon the question presented, but it has not been... Feb. 17, 1864
26 Robert E. Lee James Longstreet I was in Richmond when your letter arrived; & have been so much occupied by the recent movements of the enemy, that it is only to day that I can reply. I think the enemy’s great effort will be... Mar. 8, 1864
27 Robert E. Lee James Longstreet I recd last night your letter of the 18th by your Courier. I regret that your troops are coming in so slowly. Can you not expedite them? As far as I can judge by the reports of our Scouts, the... Apr. 20, 1864
28 Robert E. Lee James Longstreet Your letter of the 14th inst is received. It arrived during my absence in Richmond, and has not been overlooked. I agree with you entirely in believing that if we had gold, we could get sufficient... Feb. 22, 1865
29 Robert E. Lee James Longstreet I was very glad to receive your letter of the 18th but you told me so little of yourself that I presume you intend writing to me again shortly. But what you did say was very satisfactory, & I... May 25, 1866
30 Robert E. Lee James Longstreet When I recd your letter of the 8th June, I had just returned from a short trip Bedford County, & was preparing for a more extended visit to the W. Sulphur springs for the benefit of Mrs. Lees... Oct. 29, 1867
31 James Longstreet Walter H. Taylor Upon reading an address by Mr. Pendleton, published in the December number of the Southern Magazine, I saw for the first time that Gen Lee had ordered me to attack the left of the Federal Army at... Apr. 20, 1875
32 Walter H. Taylor James Longstreet I have received your letter of the 20th inst. I have not read the article of which you speak nor have I ever seen any copy of Genl Pendleton’s address: indeed I have read little or nothing of what... Apr. 28, 1875
33 James Longstreet Walter H. Taylor I thank you kindly for your prompt reply to my former letter, and its satisfactory response upon the point at issue.I am just now in receipt of Parson Jones’ Book. Now to send to New York to get... May 31, 1875
34 George Washington Custis Lee James Longstreet In answer to your letter of the 9th inst., I will try to give you my recollection of what my father said to me on the subject in question.In speaking of the fighting in “The Wilderness, regretting... Jul. 15, 1879
35 James Longstreet Walter H. Taylor Let me ask if in making up your estimate of General Lees numbers at Gettysburg you did not include Jenkins brigade as well as Corsi’s both of which were left in Virginia, and were parts of General... Aug. 19, 1892
36 James Longstreet Walter H. Taylor Your favor covering Photograph is received and I thank you for it. It comes in Ample time as my poor health, has kept me back in my work.Your book came from the Appleton’s came some time since, but... May 17, 1893
37 James Longstreet Walter H. Taylor Can you give me the names of the officers who sent General Pendleton to General Lee on the 8th of April to suggest a surrender of the Army.Gen Long mentions a list of officers handed in by... Mar. 6, 1894