General longstreet biography

James Longstreet is born near Edgefield, South Carolina.

James Longstreet, born in South Carolina and raised in Georgia and Alabama, enters the U.S. Military Academy at West Point with an appointment from Alabama.

He sought that state's slot after learning Georgia's had already been filled.

James Longstreet graduates from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. His classmates include George E. Pickett and Ulysses S.

Grant.

Serving with the 8th U.S. Infantry, James Longstreet wins repeated brevet promotions for conspicuous bravery during the Mexican War.

James Longstreet marries Maria Louisa Garland.

The couple will have ten children, five of whom will live to adulthood.

James Longstreet rises to the rank of major in the U.S. Army, serving mostly on the western frontier.

James Longstreet resigns his commission in the U.S.

Army and enters Confederate service as a brigadier general.