I came across this article in The Atlantic today and it seems to be a good summation of my understanding of Robert E. Lee (as well as adding some bits I was previously unfamiliar with, like the details of his time at Washington University). However, what I was not familiar with was the information about Longstreet; I've heard little about Longstreet outside of military assessments, and this came as a surprise to me:

There are former Confederates who sought [to] redeem themselves—one thinks of James Longstreet, wrongly blamed by Lost Causers for Lee’s disastrous defeat at Gettysburg, who went from fighting the Union army to leading New Orleans’ integrated police force in battle against white supremacist paramilitaries. But there are no statues of Longstreet in New Orleans; there are no statues of Longstreet anywhere in the American South. Lee was devoted to defending the principle of white supremacy; Longstreet was not. This, perhaps, is why Lee was placed atop the largest Confederate monument at Gettysburg in 1917, but the 6’2” Longstreet had to wait until 1998 to receive a smaller-scale statue hidden in the woods that makes him look like a hobbit riding a donkey. It’s why Lee is remembered as a hero, and Longstreet is remembered as a disgrace.

I'd like to know more about this subject and any in the former Confederacy who shared this apparent dedication to mending things. Thanks.