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Welcome to The Longstreet Society
The Longstreet Society and The Historic Piedmont Hotel
827 Maple Street . Gainesville GA 30501
Open Tuesday through Saturday 10 to 4
Mailing address: P.O. Box 191 . Gainesville GA . 30503 . 770-539-9005 . oldpete@longstreet.org
SEMINAR 2018 PHOTOS
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Hall County, Civil War and
James Longstreet
With our own Richard Pilcher and Gainesville Times Host Johnny Vardeman
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.