Longstreet

Examples

• Hancock sent a brigade to clear his front of all remnants that might be left of Longstreet's or Hill's commands. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• It directed the latter to be ready to move and to crush Sheridan as soon as he, Longstreet, arrived. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Longstreet was at this time--middle of the afternoon--at Gordonsville, twenty or more miles away. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• My object was to drive Longstreet out of East Tennessee as a part of the preparations for my spring campaign. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• The Confederate General Jenkins was killed and Longstreet seriously wounded in this engagement. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• General Longstreet's corps was stationed there at the time, and wore blue of a little different shade from our uniform. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• He was very polite, and, touching his hat to me, said he belonged to General Longstreet's corps. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• I had known both Bragg and Longstreet before the war, the latter very well. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Longstreet passing through our lines to Kentucky need not cause alarm. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Longstreet was an entirely different man. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• We knew Longstreet with 12,000 men was on his way to join Hill's right, near the Brock Road, and might arrive during the night. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• He maintained this position until, along in the afternoon, Longstreet came upon him. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Longstreet, in his retreat, would be moving towards his supplies, while our forces, following, would be receding from theirs. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Longstreet had to leave the field, not to resume command for many weeks. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Lee was evidently very anxious that there should be no battle on his right until Longstreet got up. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Accordingly he ordered Longstreet's corps--now commanded by Anderson--to move in the morning (the 8th) to Spottsylvania. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• I thought the advice was good, and, adopting that view, countermanded the orders for pursuit of Longstreet. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• But the first great blunder, detaching Longstreet, cannot be accounted for in any way I know of. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Being there, you can tell better how to resist Longstreet's attack than I can direct. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Longstreet, for some reason or other, stopped at Loudon until the 13th. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• After Longstreet's removal from the field Lee took command of his right in person. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• The next morning while at Front Royal, Sheridan received a dispatch from Wright, saying that a dispatch from Longstreet to Early had been intercepted. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Longstreet had a railroad as far as Loudon; but from there to Knoxville he had to rely on wagon trains. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• He could not carry supplies with him, and Longstreet was between him and the supplies still left in the country. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.

Checked by Gregory