Date of Award
Spring 5-2-2018
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
History
First Advisor
Wendy Hamand Venet
Second Advisor
Jeffrey Young
Abstract
James Longstreet is most often remembered by scholars of the Civil War and Civil War hobbyists as a general who favored defensive tactics over offensive ones and generally loathed launching large-scale assaults. This thesis argues that this common perception is incompatible with the facts gleanable from a close inspection of Longstreet’s war record. By tracing the preparation, execution, and accomplishments of his four largest-scale assaults during the Civil War, I seek to reposition Longstreet in Civil War historiography as the most innovative, creative, and ultimately successful subordinate commander in terms of assuming the tactical offensive.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.57709/11962915
Recommended Citation
Callaway, Joseph, "The Confederacy’s “Hardest Hitter”: Reevaluating James Longstreet’s Civil War Record on the Tactical Offensive." Thesis, Georgia State University, 2018.
doi: https://doi.org/10.57709/11962915