Editing James Longstreet (section)

==In popular culture==
Longstreet is a minor character in two novels by [[Ben Ames Williams]], one of his descendants: ''House Divided'' (1947) and ''The Unconquered'' (1953).{{sfn|Piston|1987|p=4}} He appears as a cadet in [[Santa Fe Trail (film)|''Santa Fe Trail'']] (1940), played by actor [[Frank Wilcox]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9B04E2DD173BE03ABC4951DFB467838B659EDE&mcubz=1 |title=THE SCREEN; 'Santa Fe Trail,' Which Is Chiefly a Picture About Something Else, Opens at the Strand |last=Crowther |first=Bosley |date=December 21, 1940 |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=September 20, 2017 |archive-date=September 20, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170920191048/http://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9B04E2DD173BE03ABC4951DFB467838B659EDE&mcubz=1 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Longstreet plays a prominent role in Michael Shaara's [[Pulitzer Prize]]–winning novel ''The Killer Angels'' and in the film ''Gettysburg'', portrayed by [[Tom Berenger]].{{sfn|Hartwig|1996|p=2}} He is also featured in Shaara's son [[Jeff Shaara]]'s novel ''[[Gods and Generals (novel)|Gods and Generals]]'', a [[prequel]] to his father's novel focused on the Eastern Theater before Gettysburg.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/164533/gods-and-generals-by-jeff-shaara/9780345409577/teachers-guide/ |title=Gods and Generals Teacher's Guide |last=Parker |first=Jacqueline |publisher=Penguin Random House |access-date=August 18, 2021 |archive-date=August 18, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210818200117/https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/164533/gods-and-generals-by-jeff-shaara/9780345409577/teachers-guide/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In the film ''[[Gods and Generals (film)|Gods and Generals]]'' (2003), he is portrayed by [[Bruce Boxleitner]] in a minor role.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/weekly-standard/of-gods-and-generals |title=Of "Gods and Generals" |last=Last |first=Jonathan V. |date=February 20, 2003 |newspaper=[[The Washington Examiner]] |access-date=August 16, 2021 |archive-date=August 18, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210818195602/https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/weekly-standard/of-gods-and-generals |url-status=live }}</ref>

In [[Harry Turtledove|Harry Turtledove's]] alternate history series [[Southern Victory]], Longstreet served as the fourth President of the Confederate States of America.<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 20, 2021 |title=A Review of How Few Remain: A Novel of the Second War Between the States by Harry Turtledove – The Cleveland Civil War Roundtable |url=https://www.clevelandcivilwarroundtable.com/a-review-of-how-few-remain-a-novel-of-the-second-war-between-the-states-by-harry-turtledove/ |access-date=July 19, 2024 |language=en-US}}</ref>