James Longstreet Small 313×320 Medium 625×640 Large 1000×1024 Download Tiff Original 2344×2400 | (2.4 MB) Description James Longstreet (January 8, 1821 – January 2, 1904) was one of the foremost Confederate generals of the American Civil War and the principal subordinate to General Robert E. Lee, who called him his "Old War Horse." Keywords American Civil War, Confederate general, kcivilwarperson, old war horse, portrait, Robert E. Lee Galleries Famous People: L Source: Benson John Lossing, ed. Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (vol. 5) (New York, NY: Harper and Brothers, 1912)