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James's role in the war was initially being a major general in October 1861. After he performed well at the Second Battle of Bull Run and at Antietam, he was then promoted being a lieutenant gen eral. "One of Robert E. Lee's most trusted subordinates, Longstreet played a pivotal role in Confederate operations in both the Eastern and Western Theaters of the war. " James was known as "Lee's War Horse" and first distinguished himself in early Confederate victories at the Battles of First and Second Bull Run before mounting a pair of successful defensive stands at the Battles of Antietam and Fredericksburg in 1862.
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