"An authoritative biography of the second-highest-ranking and most controversial Confederate general, who rejoined the Union after the Civil War, advising other Confederate soldiers to put that war behind them. After joining an interracial government in New Orleans, Longstreet fought against white supremacists when they attacked these postwar elected officials, for which he was vilified and attacked by other Southerners, and blamed for the South's defeat in the Civil War"-- Provided by publisher.

The Making of a Rebel -- Enemies Without and Within -- Crossroads at Gettysburg -- Toward Appomattox -- Burying the Past -- Radical Republican -- The Canal Street Coup, 1874 -- Return of the Prodigal -- Keeping the Peace -- War on the Page -- A New Century.