Author of a Genre known as Southwestern Humor, Lawyer, College President and Uncle of Confederate General James Longstreet. Admitted to the Georgia bar in 1815 and served as superior court judge from 1822 to 1825. Southwestern Humor existed from 1835 to 1861. In 1835, he published Georgia's most important literary work titled "Georgia Scenes, Characters, Incidents, Etc., in the First Half Century of the Republic". This was a book of humorous sketches which were based on life in the southwestern states of Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri and Tennessee. Longstreet became a Methodist in 1838 and served as president of Emory College from 1839 to 1848, the University of Mississippi from 1849 to 1856 and the University of South Carolina from 1858 until 1861. During the civil war he served as chaplain in the Georgia Militia.
Augustus Baldwin Longstreet, son of William Longstreet, was born in Augusta, Ga., Sept. 22, 1790, and died in Oxford, Miss., Sept. 9, 1870.
He studied in the Litchfield (Conn.) Law School and settled in his native State. In 1821, he represented Greene County in the State Legislature, and the following year was made Judge of the Superior Court of the State. Declining reelection after one term, he resumed practice, and became especially distinguished in criminal cases. During the Nullification excitement, he established the Augusta Sentinel. In 1838 he entered the ministry of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and from 1839 to 1848 was President of Emory College, in Oxford, Ga. He was then for a short time President of Centenary College, Jackson, La., and from 1849 to 1856 President of the University of Mississippi. Still later he was President of South Carolina College. After the outbreak of the late civil war, he lived in seclusion in Oxford, Miss.
He was a frequent contributor to Southern periodicals and published many separate works. Among the best known is his humorous collection of " Georgia Scenes." He received the degree of LL.D. from this College in 1841.
(Yale Alumni Obituary Manuscript)
Author of a Genre known as Southwestern Humor, Lawyer, College President and Uncle of Confederate General James Longstreet. Admitted to the Georgia bar in 1815 and served as superior court judge from 1822 to 1825. Southwestern Humor existed from 1835 to 1861. In 1835, he published Georgia's most important literary work titled "Georgia Scenes, Characters, Incidents, Etc., in the First Half Century of the Republic". This was a book of humorous sketches which were based on life in the southwestern states of Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri and Tennessee. Longstreet became a Methodist in 1838 and served as president of Emory College from 1839 to 1848, the University of Mississippi from 1849 to 1856 and the University of South Carolina from 1858 until 1861. During the civil war he served as chaplain in the Georgia Militia.
Augustus Baldwin Longstreet, son of William Longstreet, was born in Augusta, Ga., Sept. 22, 1790, and died in Oxford, Miss., Sept. 9, 1870.
He studied in the Litchfield (Conn.) Law School and settled in his native State. In 1821, he represented Greene County in the State Legislature, and the following year was made Judge of the Superior Court of the State. Declining reelection after one term, he resumed practice, and became especially distinguished in criminal cases. During the Nullification excitement, he established the Augusta Sentinel. In 1838 he entered the ministry of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and from 1839 to 1848 was President of Emory College, in Oxford, Ga. He was then for a short time President of Centenary College, Jackson, La., and from 1849 to 1856 President of the University of Mississippi. Still later he was President of South Carolina College. After the outbreak of the late civil war, he lived in seclusion in Oxford, Miss.
He was a frequent contributor to Southern periodicals and published many separate works. Among the best known is his humorous collection of " Georgia Scenes." He received the degree of LL.D. from this College in 1841.
(Yale Alumni Obituary Manuscript)
