CHAPTER IX

FINALE 89

LONGSTREET THE MAN

HIS BOYHOOD DAYS 93 LIFE-LONG FRIENDSHIP OF GRANT AND LONGSTREET 100 HIS FIRST ROMANCE 109 HEROIC CITIZEN OF THE RECONSTRUCTION PERIOD 112 THE CHRISTIAN PATRIOT LOVED THE SOUTH TO THE LAST 115 WORSHIPPED BY THE SOLDIERS OF THE CONFEDERACY 119 HIS COUNTRY HOME IN PICTURESQUE NORTH GEORGIA 123

LONGSTREET ON THE FIELDS OF MEXICO

## CHAPTER I THE WINNING OF OUR WESTERN EMPIRE 127

## CHAPTER II PECULIARITIES OF SCOTT AND TAYLOR 134

## CHAPTER III UNPRETENTIOUS LIEUTENANT GRANT 139

## CHAPTER IV PLEASANT INCIDENTS OF CAMP LIFE AT CORPUS CHRISTI 144

## CHAPTER V INTO THE INTERIOR OF MEXICO 149

## CHAPTER VI FROM CONTRERAS TO CHAPULTEPEC 156

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