Robert Lee Longstreet Major, United States Army |
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| Robert
Lee Longstreet was son of Lieutenant General James Longstreet, Confederate
States of America. He was born at Petersburg, Virginia, on 20 October 1863.
He served for a time with the United States Army Quartermaster Corps.
He enlisted on October 1, 1917 and was discharged
from duty on September 20, 1919. He died on 1 August 1940 at Mercer, West
Virginia, and was buried in Section 15 of Arlington National Cemetery,
with his brother, James Longstreet, Jr., Lieutenant
Colonel, United States Army.
Robert Lee Longstreet of Virginia Appointed From Virginia, Major, United States Volunteers, 31 May 1898 Honorably discharged, 2 June 1899 Webmaster: Michael Robert Patterson LONGSTREET, ROBERT LEE
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Photos By: M. R. Patterson, October 2007