re: Who is the GOAT of all U.S generals?

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One general was suppressing a rebellion,

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Like the British (and their Hessian mercenaries) burning, raping and looting their way through South Carolina, Rhode Island and New Jersey in the revolution? Guess that was justified because they were putting down a revolution right?

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the other was a traitor

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Like Washington and the other founding fathers fighting against the Crown? They were "traitors" too by your definition.

In reality the colonists had decided via a democratic process to invoke their God given right to self-determination and started their own nation. King George denied that right and used force to kill and threaten the colonists back into the fold. Because he was unable to do so the colonists are viewed as "founding fathers" today.

The southern people had decided via a democratic process to leave the Union. The north decided not to respect their right to self-determination and subjugated them via force. Because they failed to win by test of arms the north wrote the history books and you call them "traitors".

Your descriptions of "traitor" and "suppressing" are completely dependent on who is telling the history and there is absolutely no difference between the men who left the British crown and those who voted to leave the Union (which was their legal right as demonstrated by the fact that the law was changed after the war to try to prevent states from leaving).