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Having met General James Longstreet, through her school roommate, she married him on September 8, 1897, [12] when she was just 34 [13] and he was 76.
Jan 30, 2018 · Born at Fort Snelling in the Minnesota Territory in 1827, she was the daughter of Harriet and John Garland, a career U.S. Army soldier. On March 8, 1848, Maria Louisa, better known as Louise, married Longstreet, who had graduated 54th in a class of 56 cadets at West Point in 1842.
Jan 7, 2017 · In late July 1897, Longstreet became smitten with Helen Dortch — his daughter's friend and 42 years his junior — whom he had met in Lithia Springs, Ga. Soon, the press caught wind of rumors that the well-known ladies' man might take another bride.
May 9, 2003 · Helen Dortch Longstreet, the second wife of General James Longstreet, is remembered for her unflagging work as a Confederate memorialist, Progressive reformer, and local librarian and postmistress. Born in Carnesville on April 20, 1863, Longstreet was the daughter of Mary Pulliam and James Speed Dortch. She was educated at Brenau College (later ...
1089: Helen Dortch Longstreet. Wife of Confederate General James Longstreet. Born: 20 April 1863, Carnesville, Georgia, United States of America. Died: 3 May 1962, Milledgeville, Georgia, United States of America. Helen and James married when she was thirty-four and he seventy-six.
Maria Louisa Garland (Louise) and James Longstreet married at the home of her uncle, Judge James Garland, on Madison Street, Lynchburg, VA on March 8, 1848. Episcopal minister Reverend William H. Kinckle presided over the ceremony.
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A Vow to Kill is a 1995 made for TV movie directed by Harry Longstreet, starring Richard Grieco and Julianne Phillips, and first televised on February 1, 1995. Others in the cast include Peter MacNeill, Tom Cavanagh, Nicole Oliver and Larissa Laskin.
