by MoCrash » Sun May 07, 2006 11:47 am
"Stonewall" Jackson was a great field commander, one need only look at his last battle at Chancellorsville to see that, although one wonders what was wrong with him during the Seven Days. Thomas I rank higher for overall command ... which includes tactics, logistics, communications, development and use of intelligence -- including cartography -- and coolness under fire (i.e. Stone's River, Chickamagua, Peachtree Creek). Had Sherman taken Thomas' advice on how to attack Johnston at Resaca at the beginning of the Atlanta campaign, the war in the west would probably have been over months earlier.
Love a little Civil War debate.
Trivia: Which Confederate cavalry commander took his forces on a raid through Indiana and Ohio before being captured?