re: Better Confederate General: Jackson or Longstreet?

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Both were great generals but had very different strategies. Longstreet was more cautious and was probably right more than he was wrong. Maybe he was a little slow, but he survived. Longstreet was made a villain for multiple reasons but it starter when he was blamed for the loss in the northern campaign. Also, as getcocky says, he probably made the best transition back into the Union as anyone. Longstreet also put down a confederate uprising in New Orleans after the War if im not mistaken. These are the reasons Longstreet isn't mentioned much with Lee and Jackson. But in my opinion he deserves to be on that "Mount Rushmore" of Confederate generals with Lee, Stuart and Jackson. And he was just as capable as all of them

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I agree with what you said about their differences in strategy. Longstreet was known for being cautious and slow. But when he got into place he would hit you with everything that he had. His greatest moment of the war occurred at the Wilderness battle. He was simply brilliant there before he got wounded. This was where he came close to replicating Jackson as far as agressiveness. Longstreet was never as good in independent command: Knoxville campaign and Suffolk. But he was dependable and steady. His criticism arises from the second day at Gettysburg. There is a lot of controversy regarding his performance there.