Lee's Tarnished Lieutenant by William Garrett Piston

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Lee's Tarnished Lieutenant by William Garrett Piston

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Beneath the layers of invective and vilification remains a general whose military record has been badly maligned. Piston explains how how James Longstreet became, in the years after Appomattox, the scapegoat for the South's defeat, a Judas for the new religion of the Lost Cause.

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Lee's Tarnished Lieutenant by William Garrett Piston

Beneath the layers of invective and vilification remains a general whose military record has been badly maligned. Piston explains how how James Longstreet became, in the years after Appomattox, the scapegoat for the South's defeat, a Judas for the new religion of the Lost Cause.

WILLIAM GARRETT PISTON received his Ph.D. in history from the University of South Carolina. He has taught at the University of South Carolina and the Louise S. McGehee School in New Orleans.

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ISBN 13 9780820312293
ISBN 10 0820312290
Title Lee's Tarnished Lieutenant
Author William Garrett Piston
Series Brown Thrasher Books
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher University of Georgia Press
Year published 1990-03-31
Number of pages 272
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.