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Welcome to The Longstreet Society
The Longstreet Society and The Historic Piedmont Hotel
827 Maple Street . Gainesville GA 30501
P.O. Box 191 . Gainesville GA . 30503 . 770-539-9005
longstreet.org oldpete@longstreet.org
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SEMINAR . 2025
Come spend a crisp, autumn north Georgia weekend touring many of the James Longstreet historic sites as well as interesting Gainesville points of interest. Your tour guides, longtime Longstreet Society president and museum curator, Richard Pilcher, and University of North Georgia Political Science Professor Emeritus Dr. Douglas Young, will guide you on a narrated bus tour of the city.
WHO?
- 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 New Old Piedmont Hotel/James Longstreet Museum
in all its renovated glory. *NOW OPEN*
Re-opening October 15 - Be among the first
Tuesdays 10-4
Wednesday 10-4
Thursday 10-4
Friday 10-4
Saturday 10-4
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.