MILITARY PERSONNEL

James Longstreet

1821 - 1904

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James Longstreet (January 8, 1821 – January 2, 1904) was a Confederate general during the American Civil War and was the principal subordinate to General Robert E. Lee, who called him his "Old War Horse". He served under Lee as a corps commander for most of the battles fought by the Army of Northern Virginia in the Eastern Theater, and briefly with Braxton Bragg in the Army of Tennessee in the Western Theater. After graduating from the United States Military Academy at West Point, Longstreet served in the United States Army during the Mexican–American War. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Longstreet has received more than 2,754,214 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia. James Longstreet is the 1,439th most popular military personnel (down from 1,260th in 2019), the 4,232nd most popular biography from United States (up from 4,281st in 2019) and the 68th most popular American Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, James Longstreet ranks 1,439 out of 2,058. Before him are Reinhard Hardegen, Guillaume Philibert Duhesme, William Calley, Ecaterina Teodoroiu, Alan Cunningham, and Alfons Rebane. After him are Maurice d'Elbée, Leo Phokas the Elder, Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu, Walter Short, Kurt Feldt, and Guglielmo Pepe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1821, James Longstreet ranks 59. Before him are Princess Adelheid of Schaumburg-Lippe, Henriëtte Ronner-Knip, Princess Catherine of Württemberg, Friedrich Kiel, Charles Francis Hall, and Nikolai Zaremba. After him are Clara Barton, Prince Adolf of Auersperg, Octave Feuillet, Georgi Sava Rakovski, Antonio Ciseri, and Infanta Isabel Fernanda of Spain. Among people deceased in 1904, James Longstreet ranks 59. Before him are George Frederic Watts, Prince George, Duke of Cambridge, Samuel Smiles, Frederick William, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Georg Sauerwein, and Sumner Paine. After him are Henri Joseph Anastase Perrotin, Mahmoud Sami el-Baroudi, Martin Johnson Heade, Edwin Arnold, Leslie Stephen, and Ferdinand Mannlicher.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, James Longstreet ranks 4,232 out of 20,380. Before him are Helen Wills (1905), Philip H. Dybvig (1955), Thom Mayne (1944), Joe Johnston (1950), Newt Gingrich (1943), and Alexander Payne (1961). After him are Dwight L. Moody (1837), Jim Davis (1945), Roy Buchanan (1939), Freddie Hubbard (1938), Jesse Jane (1980), and Aldo Leopold (1887).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, James Longstreet ranks 68. Before him are Tommy Franks (1945), Kit Carson (1809), Marc Mitscher (1887), Frank Serpico (1936), Anthony McAuliffe (1898), and William Calley (1943). After him are Walter Short (1880), Hugh Thompson Jr. (1943), Thomas C. Kinkaid (1888), James M. Gavin (1907), William Guarnere (1923), and Nathanael Greene (1742).

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