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James Longstreet was born on January 8th, 1821, in Edgefield District, South Carolina. He entered West Point from Alabama and graduated in 1842. He became Republican after arguing with Robert E. Lee at Gettysburg, when he was correct. He had two brevets and was a staff rank major, and then resigned June 1st, 1861, and joined the Confederacy. He fought through the civil war as Robert E. Lee's "Old War Horse", and stayed with him through the surrender of Appomattox. Longstreet eventually befriended Ulysses S. Grant, after the war, and became Republican again. He died later in Gainesville, Georgia, on January 2nd, 1904.
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