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Gilbert Moxley Sorrel (February 23, 1838 – August 10, 1901) was a Confederate veteran of the American Civil War. After the war, he became a historian and memoirist.
Gilbert Moxley Sorrel in Southern Victory
Gilbert Moxley Sorrel had been a bank clerk in Savannah, when the War of Secession began in 1861. He left his job to join the Confederate Army, and on July 21, became a volunteer aide-de-camp, to Brig. Gen. James Longstreet. Sorrel served Longstreet faithfully for the remainder of the war.[1]
When Longstreet was elected President of the Confederate States, he asked Sorrel to serve as Chief of Staff at the Gray House.[2] In his capacity as Chief of Staff, Sorrel acted as a gatekeeper to Longstreet.[3][4]
References
- ↑ How Few Remain, pg. 31.
- ↑ Ibid., pg. 31
- ↑ Ibid., e.g, pg. 31, 84, 174, 404.
- ↑ See Inconsistencies in Turtledove's Work#Inconsistencies in Southern Victory.
