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Lee And Longstreet's Relationship

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Lee and Longstreet are pretty close. When Jackson dies, Lee relies more on Longstreet. Longstreet is very confident in Lee. Lee trusts Longstreet for his honesty and forthrightness. Lee depends on Longstreet to lead his corps in an experienced way. When you go to war, and you meet people who are fighting with you, you become closer to them. They become so close to you that they feel like your family or your second family. This is how I would describe Lee and Longstreet’s relationship. It is kind of like a father-son relationship. Lee and Longstreet have become so close that they may fight like brothers. Lee really believes in his army. He believes that his army is unbeatable, and he thinks that the attack will succeed. The attack was a fail. Lee took all the blame for this attack even though Longstreet was being a pain and delayed the attack in hopes that Lee would change his mind about it. This is true friendship. A friend taking the blame for his friend. “I like to go into battle with the agreement of my commanders, as far as possible, as you know. We are all members of his army, in a common cause.” (Pg. 183) This is a quote that Lee said to Longstreet. This quote is Lee …show more content…

I would consider them brothers, because that is just how close they were to each other. Armistead is worried that he would eventually have to face Hancock on the battlefield and that would be really hard. That could break their friendship apart completely. If that happens, Armistead wanted to see Hancock one more time when there was not a war going on. If this happens, Armistead even considers crossing the enemy lines to see Hancock and that idea was suggested and approved by Armistead’s corps commander, Longstreet. Armistead still does not think that it is a proper get-together with Hancock. The two best friends ran into trouble when Armistead asks a union officer to take him to see his friend after Hancock’s men wounded

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