Staff

In order to understand and appreciate James Longstreet's Confederate army career it is neccessary to know his staff. These men, who Longstreet began recruiting on his way to Richmond in 1861 define his leadership and performance. They have been hailed by some as the best staff of either army during the Civil War. Unlike many other staffs, Longstreet's was not composed of relatives, journalists or ministers. He selected his staff based on their potential and performance, and they never failed him. Longstreet trained them to understand battle and anticipate his desires, and he issued orders stating their demands be met as though they were a direct order from him. Under their guidance and efforts the First Corps became world renown. Longstreet fully appreciated them, constantly naming them in his official reports and recommending them for promotion. Click on the soldier's name to learn more about him. If no link is available, that man's page is awaiting construction. They are each worthy of a return visit.

Alexander, William K., Cadet, 1864-65
Armistead, Franck S., Lt. AAG, 1861
Blackwell, Reuben W., Lt. ADC, 1862-63
Blount, Robert P., VADC, 1862-63
Chichester, John H., VADC, 1861, & Maj. CS, 1861-62
Clarke, John J.G., Maj. EO, 1863
Cullen, J.S. Dorsey, MD
Dawson, Francis W., Capt. OO, 1862-64
Douglas, Henry T., Capt., EO, 1863
Drake, Richard, Lt., OO, 1865
Dunn, Andrew, Lt. ADC, 1863-65
Duxbury, W.C., Lt. OO 1862-63
Edwards, John F., Maj., CS, 1864-65
Fairfax, John W., Capt., AAG, 1862, & Lt. Col. AAIG, 1862-65
Goree, Thomas J., Cpt., ADC, 1861-65
Haskell, John C., Maj., VADC, 1862
Johnston, Samuel R., Capt. EO, 1862
Keiley, John D., Jr., Maj., QM, 186364
Latrobe, Osmun, Capt. AAIG, 1862-63, & Lt. Col., AAG, 63-64
Leitch, Samuel G., Lt., acting OO, 1862
Lubbock, Thomas S., VADC, 1861
McDonald, Marshall, Capt. EO, 1864
McIlhany, Hugh M., Capt. AQM, 1864
Maben, John C., Capt. AQM 1864-65
Manning, Jacob H., Capt. SO, 1862-64
Manning, Peyton H., Lt., ADC, 1861, & Lt. Col. OO, 1862-65
Meade, Richard K., Jr., Lt. EO, 1862
Mitchell, Samuel P., Maj. QM, 1861-63
Moore, Patrick T., Col. VADC, 1862
Morriss, Robert F., VADC
Moses, Raphael J., Maj. CS, 1862-64
Munford, William, VADC, 1862
Ochiltree, Thomas P., VADC, 1862
Palmer, William H., Lt. Col. AAG, 1865
Phillips, James P., Capt. AQM, 1864-65
Potts, Frank, Capt. AQM, 1863-65
Riddick, Richard H., VADC, 1861
Riely, John W., Capt. AAG, 1863
Robinson, Henry, Maj. AAG, 1865
Rogers, H. J., Capt. EO?, 1863
Sims, Robert M., Capt. AAIG, 1864-65
Sorrel, G. Moxley, Lt. Col. AAG, 1861-65
Taylor, Erasmus, Maj. QM, 1863-65
Terry, Benjamin F. Terry, VADC, 1861
Thompson, C. Macon, VADC, 1861
Walton, James B., Col. Chief Arty., 1862-64
Walton, Thomas, Maj. CS, 1862-63
Wigfall, Francis T., VADC, 1862
Winthrop, Stephen, Capt., AAG, 1863
Young, Henry E., Capt. VADC, 1862