If the blame (if there is any) can be shifted from him to me, I shall help him and our cause by taking it. I desire, therefore, that all the responsibility that can be put upon me shall go there and shall remain there.
James LongstreetAbout author
- Author's profession: Soldier
- Nationality: american
- Born: January 8, 1821
- Died: January 2, 1904
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