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

​​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.

​WHO WAS JAMES LONGSTREET?
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• ​​​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. 
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