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Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South

Elizabeth R. Varon

"An authoritative biography of the second-highest-ranking and most controversial Confederate general, who rejoined the Union after the Civil War, advising other Confederate soldiers to put that war behind them. After joining an interracial government in New Orleans, Longstreet fought against white supremacists when they attacked these postwar elected officials, for which he was vilified and attacked by other Southerners, and blamed for the South's defeat in the Civil War"--

BiographyBiography · medium confidenceBiography81 signalsLlm Classifier: Biography -> BiographyGoogle Books: Biography & Autobiography -> Memoir & AutobiographyGoogle Books: Biography & Autobiography -> BiographyMilitary BiographyAmerican Civil War

Award History

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AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
Los Angeles Times Book Prize for BiographyMajor2023FinalistSecondary source
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    • Longstreet62%

  2. 02 Central places

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    • New Orleans55%

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  4. 04 Reading orientation

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Confidence percentages are the model's own estimates. Profile confidence: 52%.