# James Longstreet — Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant character guide

> James Longstreet in Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant by Ulysses S. Grant.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Longstreet, General Longstreet

**First appearance:** 0003-i

## Who they are

Confederate general and corps commander under Lee.

## In the story

### [Battle of Chattanooga](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/personal_memoirs_of_ulysses_s_grant_se/chapters/xliv)

Bragg's ablest corps commander, sent with over twenty thousand troops to Knoxville; Grant contrasts his character with Bragg's.

### [The Relief of Knoxville](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/personal_memoirs_of_ulysses_s_grant_se/chapters/xlv)

Longstreet commands the Confederate forces besieging Knoxville; he learns of Sherman's advance through a deliberately leaked message.

### [The Battle of the Wilderness](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/personal_memoirs_of_ulysses_s_grant_se/chapters/l)

Confederate corps commander, wounded on May 6 during a counterattack.

### [LXVII: Negotiations at Appomattox](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/personal_memoirs_of_ulysses_s_grant_se/chapters/lxvii)

Designated by Lee to confer with Union officers to facilitate paroling the Confederate troops.

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