Authors

Contributor

Frank and Virginia Williams

Description

This black and white illustration is of General James Longstreet, one of the foremost Confederate generals of the American Civil War and the principal subordinate to General Robert E. Lee, who called him his "Old War Horse". Longstreet is depicted wearing a dark, double-breasted military uniform with a high collar adorned with collar tabs. Longstreet's name is captioned beneath the illustration. The illustration is in volume eight of Abraham Lincoln : A History by John G. Nicolay and John Hay.

Publication Date

1890

Rights

Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.

Publisher

New York : The Century Co

Time Period

1890-1899

Subjects

Longstreet, James, 1821 – 1904; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865

Object Type

image

Format (original)

illustration

Format (digital)

JPG

Digital ID

FVW_NH_V8_General-James-Longstreet_001

Source

Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana, Nicolay and Hay’s Abraham Lincoln, Volume 8

Repository

The Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana

Digital Publisher

Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version)

Contact Information

For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.msstate.edu.

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