“It does not look like generalship to lose a battle and a cause and then lay the responsibility upon others. -- JAMES LONGSTREET, From Manassas to Appomattox: Memoirs of the Civil War in America (1896)” ResponsibilityGeneralshipJames Longstreet Book:Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South Source: Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South
“Those of us who bore prominent parts in the struggle should recognize its failure. And should submit to the responsibilities of that failure, as belonging to us all in proportion to our positions. -- JAMES LONGSTREET, Letter to Henry B. Dawson, March 27, 1876.” ResponsibilityDefeatCivil WarJames Longstreet Book:Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South Source: Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South