29 July 2019

Hear.


In 1902, Longstreet was attending West Point for its 100th anniversary. While sitting on the porch of the old West Point hotel, he saw his former cavalry commander in East Tennessee, Joseph Wheeler, approaching. Wheeler had served in the Spanish American war in 1898 and was dressed in the blue uniform of a general. "Joe", Longstreet allegedly remarked, "I hope almighty God takes me before he does you, for I want to be within the gates of hell to hear Jubal Early cuss you in the blue uniform."

Charles A. Mills, from Civil War Graves of Northern Virginia

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