Wednesday, January 9, 2008

Media Covers SCV Rememberence of Gen. Longstreet

Annual service honors Confederate Lt. Gen. Longstreet

Gen. Lee's second-in-command made postwar home in Gainesville, GA

Longstreet died Jan. 2, 1904, and was buried Jan. 6. The ceremony is in its 11th year. About 20 re-enactors from the Sons of Confederate Veterans Camp 1860, Blue Ridge Rifles, dressed in Civil War-era wool uniforms to honor the general’s memory.

Full story:

http://www.gainesvilletimes.com/news/article/2478/