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re: Better Confederate General: Jackson or Longstreet?
Posted on 12/26/14 at 10:08 am to OleWarSkuleAlum
Posted on 12/26/14 at 10:08 am to OleWarSkuleAlum
As far as Longstreet is concerned, I'd recommend General James Longstreet: The Confederacy's Most Controversial Soldier by Jeffry Wert. Longstreet's memoirs, From Manassas to Appomattox are also real good.
Posted on 12/26/14 at 10:12 am to OleWarSkuleAlum
There is not much out there on Longstreet. Longstreet did write his own memoirs:
From Manassas to Appomattox by Gen. James Longstreet
And there is another
General James Longstreet by Jeffry D. Wert
I have three on Forrest:
Life of General Nathan Bedford Forrest by John A Wyeth/ That Devil Forrest by John A Wyeth
And
A Battle from the Start. The Life of Nathan Bedford Forrest by Brian Steel Wills
Nathan Bedford Forrest by: A Biography by Jack Hurst
Hope that helps.
From Manassas to Appomattox by Gen. James Longstreet
And there is another
General James Longstreet by Jeffry D. Wert
I have three on Forrest:
Life of General Nathan Bedford Forrest by John A Wyeth/ That Devil Forrest by John A Wyeth
And
A Battle from the Start. The Life of Nathan Bedford Forrest by Brian Steel Wills
Nathan Bedford Forrest by: A Biography by Jack Hurst
Hope that helps.
This post was edited on 12/26/14 at 10:24 am
Posted on 12/26/14 at 10:26 am to AU86
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.
This post was edited on 12/26/14 at 10:37 am
Posted on 12/26/14 at 10:34 am to AU86
quote:
f you are interested in some great books on Stonewall I would recommend the following:
Stonewall Jackson's: The Man, The Soldier, The Legend by James I Robertson.
This book is the Bible for Stonewall Jackson readers.
Stonewall in the Valley by Robert Tanner
Stonewall Jackson's Valley Campaigns: Shenandoah 1862 by Peter Cozzens
Conquering the Valley by Robert K. Krick
Thanks I'm finishing up some reading on the Battle of Chickamauga. I'll need something new to read soon.
Posted on 12/26/14 at 10:35 am to McVick
quote:
No Sherman, No Care
This.
The first president of LSU was a BAMF. Perhaps the greatest general the US has ever produced.
Posted on 12/26/14 at 10:39 am to LSU03
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Perhaps the greatest general the US has ever produced.
That would be General of the Army George C. Marshall. He successfully managed to wage a war on two fronts from Washington in World War II, hiring and firing generals as needed. The man was a logistical genius and had an eye for grand strategy. While Eisenhower was the Supreme Allied Commander in Europe, he still answered to Marshall.
This post was edited on 12/26/14 at 10:40 am
Posted on 12/26/14 at 1:16 pm to OleWarSkuleAlum
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.
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.
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