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MILITARY PERSONNEL

James Longstreet

1821 - 1904

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James Longstreet (January 8, 1821 – January 2, 1904) was 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". 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 2,554,164 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). James Longstreet is the 1,261st most popular military personnel (down from 1,138th in 2019), the 4,293rd most popular biography from United States (down from 4,040th in 2019) and the 75th most popular American Military Personnel.

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  • 32

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, James Longstreet ranks 1,261 out of 1,468. Before him are Cândido Rondon, Bardas Phokas the Elder, Franz Bäke, Kuroki Tamemoto, Athanasios Diakos, and Hans-Jürgen von Blumenthal. After him are Wehib Pasha, Aleksander Zawadzki, Miguel Ricardo de Álava, Dmitry Lelyushenko, Jean Reynier, and Joseph Hooker.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1821, James Longstreet ranks 62. Before him are Princess Catherine of Württemberg, Prince Adolf of Auersperg, Nikolai Zaremba, Josip Runjanin, Georgi Sava Rakovski, and Jens Jacob Asmussen Worsaae. After him are Henriëtte Ronner-Knip, Mikhail Petrashevsky, Friedrich Kiel, Leopold III, Prince of Lippe, Arthur Saint-Léon, and Aleksey Pisemsky. Among people deceased in 1904, James Longstreet ranks 60. Before him are Edwin Arnold, Prince George, Duke of Cambridge, Alexander William Williamson, Henri Joseph Anastase Perrotin, Korla Awgust Kocor, and Mahmoud Sami el-Baroudi. After him are Princess Pauline of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Ferdinand Mannlicher, Chief Joseph, Leslie Stephen, Martin Johnson Heade, and Nikiforos Lytras.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, James Longstreet ranks 4,293 out of 18,182. Before him are Shelley Hack (1947), Tony Goldwyn (1960), Doris Roberts (1925), Michael Flatley (1958), Seraphim Rose (1934), and John Ashton (1948). After him are Bruno Kirby (1949), Shemar Moore (1970), Sixto Durán Ballén (1921), Hank Jones (1918), Harry Porter (1882), and Nancy Meyers (1949).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, James Longstreet ranks 75. Before him are Albert Sidney Johnston (1803), Robert Gould Shaw (1837), Herman Kahn (1922), Eddie Slovik (1920), Frank Serpico (1936), and Carlos Hathcock (1942). After him are Joseph Hooker (1814), Braxton Bragg (1817), Nelson A. Miles (1839), Courtney Hodges (1887), Christine Jorgensen (1926), and Hal Moore (1922).

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