We are a 100% volunteer run and staffed organization and are funded entirely by membership fees and donations. Please join. Please donate.
Welcome to The Longstreet Society
Moving Forward...
Renovation and redesign on General Longstreet’s historic Piedmont Hotel and the Longstreet Museum has begun. We will be closed to visitors through summer but oh what a grand reopening we will have. Date TBA.
The Longstreet Society and
The Historic Piedmont Hotel
827 Maple Street . Gainesville GA 30501
Open Wednesday through Saturday 10 to 4
Mailing address:
P.O. Box 191 . Gainesville GA . 30503 . 770-539-9005
BE A PART OF HISTORY
ENGRAVED PIEDMONT WALKWAY BRICK. PERSONALIZED.
$50 all inclusive.
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We are a
100%
volunteer
staffed and run organization.
Need Meeting or Party Space?
We have a lovely and historic meeting room
that can accommodate 25 to 30 people.
Very reasonable prices.
Kitchenette and Break Out Room included.
Call for rates and more information. 770.539.9005
WHO WAS JAMES LONGSTREET?
- Major United States Army
- Lt. Gen. Confederate Army
- Businessman
- Surveyor of Customs
- Major Gen LA State Militia
- Minister to Turkey
- Postmaster Gainesville
- United States Marshall
- Commissioner of Railroads
- Author
The Longstreet Society is dedicated to the study and celebration
of the life of
Lt. General James Longstreet, CSA
and especially his skill and valor as a soldier
and as commander of the famous old
First Corps of the Army of Northern Virginia;
his fervent dedication to the
restoration of the American Union;
his love of his
Southern homeland;
his advocacy for the ideals of peace and understanding
among all peoples and his belief
in the brotherhood of man.