re: Better Confederate General: Jackson or Longstreet?

I lived in Lexington,Va for a few years. They had a play called Stonewall Country that was performed every year out at the botanical gardens. It described the brilliance of the valley campaign better than any book I have ever read.

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No Sherman, No Care

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This.

The first president of LSU was a BAMF. Perhaps the greatest general the US has ever produced.

I have not read a bio on either and that is the reason why I can't answer the OP question comparing Longstreet and Jackson. The info I have on Longstreet is not in depth. Rather, it is basic info included in other Civil War bios on Lee, Stuart, Pickett and Stuart. I can't say for certain that he was the best General when all things are considered. I can only say that he was the best when operating an Independent command where he answered only to Johnston first and Lee later in the Valley. His rare blunders occurred when he was placed in a subordinate role and were mainly a result of terrible communication within the structure of the Army as a whole and certain toxic relations that he had with certain subordinates but mainly DH Hill. Even with the ever present quarrels with Hill, his work in the Valley was considered genius and the evidence bears that out. And he still had his moments of glory when joined with the Eastern Army with the high mark obviously being Chancellorsville.

I can't claim , however, that he was a better General than Old Pete when considering everything from the onset to the conclusion of the war.