Lot includes a vignette CDV illustration of Longstreet, accompanied by what is possibly an unpublished post-war carte of the Confederate general, featuring a P.S. Anderson, New Orleans studio backmark, plus the inked inscription For Sister Sarah on verso. Following the Civil War, Longstreet moved to New Orleans, and while he tried to establish himself in a post-War career, his sister Sarah watched at least one of his children. The New Orleans studio backmark combined with the inscription For Sister Sarah indicates that this could be an unknown view of the CSA General. Lee’s consummate “old War Horse,” Longstreet remained the most visible Confederate personality in the highly charged post-war examination of the causes leading to defeat. Longstreet died in 1904, the last of the Confederate high command with the most resonating voice.
Lot includes a vignette CDV illustration of Longstreet, accompanied by what is possibly an unpublished post-war carte of the Confederate general, featuring a P.S. Anderson, New Orleans studio backmark, plus the inked inscription For Sister Sarah on verso. Following the Civil War, Longstreet moved to New Orleans, and while he tried to establish himself in a post-War career, his sister Sarah watched at least one of his children. The New Orleans studio backmark combined with the inscription For Sister Sarah indicates that this could be an unknown view of the CSA General. Lee’s consummate “old War Horse,” Longstreet remained the most visible Confederate personality in the highly charged post-war examination of the causes leading to defeat. Longstreet died in 1904, the last of the Confederate high command with the most resonating voice.
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