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Longstreet

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Long·street  (lôngstrt, lng-), James 1821-1904.
American Confederate general who distinguished himself at the second battle of Bull Run (1862), Antietam (1862), and Fredericksburg (1862), and in the Wilderness Campaign (1864). He surrendered with Gen. Robert E. Lee at Appomattox (1865).


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Alexandra Turboff, manager of real estate for BCD, negotiated the new lease for Zen Palate directly with the landlord's representative, Ron Longstreet of Solil Management.
This led to a reorganization of Lee's army that elevated James Longstreet to the position of Lee's most able lieutenant.
Serving with the 6th Infantry, he won a brevet promotion to captain for his gallant conduct at Contreras and Churubusco in August 1847, serving along with such Civil War luminaries as James Longstreet, John Sedgwick--and his future friend, Winfield Scott Hancock.
 
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