- Collection:
- Hall County Georgia Historical Photograph Collection
- Title:
- Lt.-Gen. James Longstreet historical marker
- Date of Original:
- 1954
- Subject:
- Soldiers' monuments--Georgia--Gainesville
Wreaths--Georgia--Gainesville
Automobiles--Georgia--Gainesville
Longstreet, James, 1821-1904--Monuments--Georgia--Gainesville
Longstreet, Helen Dortch, d. 1962
Longstreet, Jamie
Hall County Courthouse (Gainesville, Ga.) - People:
- Longstreet, James, 1821-1904
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Hall County, Gainesville, 34.29788, -83.82407
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Lt.-Gen. James Longstreet historical marker, 1954. Dedication of Lt.-Gen. James Longstreet's historical marker on the east lawn of the Hall County Courthouse on July 4, 1954. Longstreet lived in Gainesville from 1871 until his death in 1904. The General's widow, Mrs. Helen Dortch Longstreet (right) placed a wreath at the marker, and Miss Jamie Longstreet, granddaughter, unveiled the marker. General Longstreet was known as Lee's "War Horse."
Caption: "Hall County Library Photo Collection (0003) Gainesville, Georgia."
Digitized by: Digital Techniques, Inc.
Electronic version made available through a federal Library Services and Technology Act Grant and Georgia Public Library Services. - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:hall_hchp_0003
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/hall/hchp/do:0003
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [Name of photograph], Hall County, Georgia historical photograph collection, Hall County Library System.
- Extent:
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm.
- Original Collection:
- Forms part of: Hall County, Georgia historical photograph collection.
- Holding Institution:
- Hall County Library System (Ga.)
- Rights:
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