- Collection:
- Vanishing Georgia
- Title:
- "Longstreet Hights"
- Date of Original:
- 1880
- Subject:
- Generals--United States
Architecture--Georgia--Gainesville
Domestic life--Georgia--Gainesville
Armed Forces--Georgia--Gainesville
Longstreet, James, 1821-1904--Homes and haunts - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Hall County, Gainesville, 34.29788, -83.82407
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Gainesville, ca. 1880. Longstreet Heights, the home of Gen. James Longstreet. The home was destroyed by fire in July 1889. Longstreet was born in 1821; graduated from West Point in 1842; served in the Mexican War; resigned his commission and fought for the Confederacy; held several federal appointments after the Civil War. He died in Gainesville on Jan. 2, 1904 and is buried in Alta Vista Cemetery.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_vang_hal283
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/vang/do:hal283
- Rights Holder:
- Held by Georgia Archives, 5800 Jonesboro Road, Morrow, GA 30260.
Contact repository re: reproduction and usage. - Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Holding Institution:
- Georgia Archives
- Rights:
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