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James Longstreet

One of Lee’s greatest lieutenants is slowly winning his reputation back after losing it for daring to criticize his boss

How to know the unknowable man

In 1905, on a visit to Richmond, the noted man of letters Henry James was struck by the sight of the equestrian statue of Robert E. Lee high atop its pedestal overlooking Monument Avenue.

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