GDG- Who would it be

[Margaret D. Blough]

For what it's worth, Longstreet and his wife Louise named their baby boy, who was born October 20, 1863 (when his father was with the Army of Tennessee), Robert Lee Longstreet.  This was the first child born after the Longstreets lost three children in early 1862 in a scarlet fever epidemic in Richmond. (two children died before the war; of the first six Longstreet children, only the oldest John Garland Longstreet, survived to adulthood).  Robert Lee Longstreet, know in the family as Lee, served in WW I (reaching the rank of major), and is buried in Arlington with his younger brother Lt. Col. James Longstreet, Jr. (the second of that name; the first son named James died in the scarlet fever epidemic).  

Regards,

Margaret

-------------- Original message -------------- 
From: Edward F Smothers <EFSmothers at uss.com> 

> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes: 
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> I believe I would ask Longstreet how he felt after the "charge" failed. 
> Who did he blame.. if he felt anger, regret, remorse towards Lee. 
> Ed Smothers 
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