T I M E L I N E James Longstreet 1105.C
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1821 Born on paternal grandfather's plantation near
Edgefield, South Carolina on January 8th
Returned home near Gainesville, Georgia
1830 Went to live with Uncle Augustus as prot‚g‚
1833 His father died in cholera epidemic.
When Mother & family moved to Somerville, AL, he
remained with his uncle Augustus in Augusta, GA
1838 Received appointment to US Military Academy
Superb physique, voted Most Hamdsome Cadet
1842 Graduated, 54th of 56. Breveted 2nd Lt. US Army
Assigned to Fourth Infantry, Jefferson Barracks,
Missouri, Col John Garland, Commanding
1842 Severely wounded at Chapultepec in War with Mexico,
promoted to Major
1848 Married Maria Louisa Garland, March 8, Lynchburg, VA
1848 John Garland Longstreet born December 26
1862 Three of their four children, Augustus, James &
Mary Anne, all died in Richmond of scarlet fever
1862 Brilliant performance at Antietam, September
1862 With Lee at Fredericksburg, defeated Burnside
1863 Gettysburg, July 1-3, Pickett's bloody charge
1863 Chickamauga, large-scale Confederate victory
1864 Near fatal wound in the neck at the Wilderness,
1865 With General Lee at Appomattox, April 9
1866 Longstreet, Owen & Co, cotton brokers in New Orleans
1870 Appointed Louisiana Adjutant General
1874 New Orleans, riot, September 14
1878 Appointed Deputy Collector of Internal Revenue, GA
1879 Appointed Postmaster, Gainesville, GA
1880 Appointed US Minister (Ambassador) to Turkey, May
1881 Appointed United States Marshall, GA -1884
1884 Extremely active writing and lecturing
1889 His wife, Maria Louisa, died on December 29
1892 His house burned with "every relic he had of the war"
1896 Published his memoirs "From Manassas to Appomattox"
1897 Married Helen Dortch in Governor's Mansion, Atlanta
1898 Appointed US Commissioner of Railroads in January
1904 Died in Gainesville, Georgia on January 2
Buried in Alta Vista Cemetery, Gainesville, on the 6th
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Source: John L Rhymes
Commentary
The following chronology of the major events in Longstreet's life were forwarded to me by John Longstreet Rhymes, a descendant of Sarah Jane Longstreet, James Longstreet's youngest sister.