"General James Longstreet was Lee's senior lieutenant in the Army of Northern Virginia and the general whose conduct at the Battle of Gettysburg remains a topic of heated debate more than 130 years later"--Jacket.

"A Touchstone book."

Soldier's journey -- Soldier's trade -- Manassas -- Generals -- Toward Richmond -- A "Misunderstanding" at seven pines -- "The staff in my right hand" -- Return to Manassas -- "My old war-horse" -- "I will kill them all" -- Independent command -- Collision in Pennsylvania -- Gettysburg, July 2, 1863 -- "Never was I so depressed" -- "Longstreet is the man" -- "Nothing but the hand of God can save us" -- Knoxville -- "The impossible position that I held" -- Two roads -- Final journey.