Longstreet and Grant: "Why will men fight who were born to be brothers?"
Life on the Civil War Research Trail
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Immediately following the death of Ulysses S. Grant on July 23, 1885, a reporter interviewed former Confederate Gen. James Longstreet at his home outside Gainesville, Ga. Longstreet paid tribute to his late friend and shared memories of war and peace.
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