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Free Republic University, Department of History presents U.S. History, 1861-1865: Seminar and Discussion Forum
The American Civil War, as seen through news reports of the time and later historical accounts

First session: November 21, 2015. Last date to add: May 2025.
Reading: Self-assigned. Recommendations made and welcomed.

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Freeman chronicles these final days in Lee’s Lieutenants.

Lee and Longstreet were basically in a continuous hustle to stay out of Union gun range.

Worn out, disorganized, out of supplies and hungry.

One of the stinging moments of this final hour was a young Union Cavalry officer riding up with a flourish and arrogantly directly ordering Longstreet to show up at the surrender site. Longstreet cursed him as he rode away.

That young officer was George Custer.