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
Please go to our MEMBERSHIP page and join the cause.
We are a 100% volunteer staffed and run organization.
SAVE THESE DATES
Sat, April 13 - Annual Easter Egg Hunt. FREE
Sat May 11 - Annual Bivouac. Celebrating the Society's 25 Anniversary. Includes Lunch. FREE
Sat and Sun morning, October 12 & 13.
Annual Seminar. Gainesville and Chickamauga
Click Below and Listen:
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.
We are a 100% volunteer run and staffed organization and are funded entirely by membership fees and donations. Please join. Please donate.