On February 20, 1865 William Preston Johnston, an aid to Confederate States' President Jefferson Davis, wrote to James Longstreet to explain that he had been defending the latter against attacks which blamed Longstreet for the Confederate defeat at Gettysburg (in 1863).
2.20.2010
Today in history - February 20
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On February 20, 1865 William Preston Johnston, an aid to Confederate States' President Jefferson Davis, wrote to James Longstreet to explain that he had been defending the latter against attacks which blamed Longstreet for the Confederate defeat at Gettysburg (in 1863).
On February 20, 1865 William Preston Johnston, an aid to Confederate States' President Jefferson Davis, wrote to James Longstreet to explain that he had been defending the latter against attacks which blamed Longstreet for the Confederate defeat at Gettysburg (in 1863).
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