The author of 1896's From Manassas to Appomattox, he was U.S. railroad commissioner from 1898 to 1904 and minister to Turkey in the early 1880s.
The author of 1896's From Manassas to Appomattox, he was U.S. railroad commissioner from 1898 to 1904 and minister to Turkey in the early 1880s. Severely wounded at the Battle of the Wilderness, he was, as a subordinate to General Braxton Bragg, the  hero of the Battle of Chickamauga, capitalizing on the Union generals' misunderstanding of their orders, by virtue of the counterattack he ordered which turned the tide of battle. FTP, name this Confederate officer, promoted to Lieutenant General after  commanding Lee's left wing at Fredericksburg, best known for his disapproval of Lee's tactics at Gettysburg.
The author of 1896's From Manassas to Appomattox, he was U.S. railroad commissioner from 1898 to 1904 and minister to Turkey in the early 1880s.
James Longstreet