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James Longstreet: Confederate Judas

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4.34.7K Ratings

🗓️ 8 January 2024

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

James Longstreet spent the American Civil War as one of the leading generals in the Confederate Army. But after 1865 he became a supporter of reconstruction and black voting, even leading an interracial force in battle against former Confederates in New Orleans. In this episode, Longstreet's latest biographer, Elizabeth R Varon, talks to Rob Attar about his remarkable life and extraordinary change of heart. (Ad) Elizabeth R Varon is the author of Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South (Simon & Schuster, 2023). Buy it now from Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Longstreet-Confederate-General-Defied-South/dp/1982148276/?tag=bbchistory045-21&ascsubtag=historyextra-social-histboty The HistoryExtra podcast is produced by the team behind BBC History Magazine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome to Just Between Us, the podcast with all of the answers, some of the time.

0:05.0

A bit of a different thing going on this week.

0:07.3

You've been immature and you've lied.

0:10.3

And now you're trying to turn it on me and manipulate me and gaslight me.

0:13.9

I was trying to manipulate you.

0:15.7

Diana, you would be chucking their clothes out of the window.

0:18.1

I know, I'd be like, are you joking?

0:20.6

I don't know.

0:21.7

I guess you'd have to ask.

0:23.5

Someone that has sex.

0:24.2

Someone that has sex.

0:26.3

And remember, it's just between us.

0:32.3

Welcome to the History Extra podcast.

0:35.7

Fascinating historical conversations from BBC History Magazine and BBC History Revealed.

0:47.5

It was one of the most remarkable about faces in American history.

0:53.2

James Longstreet spent the civil war as one of the leading

0:56.4

generals in the Confederate Army. But after 1865, he became a supporter of reconstruction and black

1:03.8

voting and even led an interracial force in battle against former Confederates in New Orleans.

1:10.7

He was branded a race traitor by many

1:13.3

Southerners who also sought to challenge his military record, but remained defiant until the last.

1:19.8

In her new book, Professor Elizabeth R. Varen explains Longstreet's extraordinary life,

1:26.1

seeking to understand the motivations behind his

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