Longstreet

I do not want to make this attack General Lee.</p><p>On the 3rd of July 1863 the Army of Northern Virginia launches a full scale frontal assault against the Army of the Potomac at Gettysburg. The Confederate general responsible for leading the charge was a man who actually opposed the plan of attack.</p><p>Lt. General James Longstreet had been a soldier for most of his life. He believed that a soldier should follow the orders given and he would do no less than that on those Pennsylvania fields. In a battle that destroyed careers and created heroes James Longstreet would come to be known as one of the most controversial generals in history.<i>Longstreet</i> presents the story of Lt. General James Longstreet and his controversial action at the Battle of Gettysburg.