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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 in October. Dates TBA
Annual Seminar. Gainesville and Chickamauga
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
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We are a 100% volunteer staffed and run organization.
Welcome to The Longstreet Society
Click Below and Listen:
Hall County, Civil War and
James Longstreet
With our own Richard Pilcher and Gainesville Times Host Johnny Vardeman
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.
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