David Wendel Longstreet

Place: Lafayette County

Born: 1861

Death: 1933

Biography:

David Wendel Longstreet was an artist born in Lafayette County, Mississippi in 1861 and died in 1933. He was the son of Gilbert Longstreet and Harriet Wendel, and his mother was Harriett M Wendel, daughter of Thomas Neilson Wendel and Mary Ann Hancock. He was married to Helen Dortch Longstreet, who was known for her work as a Confederate memorialist and Progressive. Longstreet's life spanned the era of sectional conflict, Civil War, and Reconstruction, and his postwar career illuminates both the controversy and complexity of the Confederate legacy in American history.