top 10 best CS generals

Just a fun video consisting solely of my opinion. Hope you enjoy.

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• confederate generals
• best
• top ten
• civil war
• lee
• jackson
• cleburne
• forrest

[rodzilla3006]

Thank you for replying…I can see your knowledge the boys in butternut is substantial. I only wish that Sidney would have been able to water his horses in the Tennessee as he intended following the battle.His delegation to Beauregard was an appeasement in my opinion to the creoles touchy disposition and the fact that Johnston responsibilites in the infancy of the war were huge logistically. Beauregard was always kept at arms length by Davis and Davis' view of Johnston bordered on worship.

[supermanbhc]

@rodzilla3006 Your exactly right. Johnston may have made a great general given time, who knows. He was brave to a fault. He just needed that little extra bit of personality to push his subordinates to follow his orders. Of course having Floyd (politician), Pillow (know it all), Crittenden (drunk) and Bishop Polk (stubborn headed), is it any wonder he had trouble having his orders followed. Good post, thanks.

[rodzilla3006]

albert sidney johnston? shiloh doesnt count?

[supermanbhc]

@rodzilla3006 I didn't include Sidney Johnston because of the fact that he never forced his subordinates to follow orders. Polk violated Kentucky's neutrality. Floyd, Pillow and Tilghman lost Fort's Henry and Donelson and he never went to investigate the work going on there. At Shiloh he let Beauregard plan the battle which was a severe mistake. Johnston was a fearless man, no doubt, just not among the top ten. Just my opinion though and I respect yours.

[yarcon10]

@AUG351 I just posted my top 5. Cleburne and Forest would be in my top ten but not in my top 5.

[AUG351]

@yarcon10 Also what about Nathan Bedforde Forrest who I would replace Stuart with because Forrest was the best cavalry general in the Civil War in my opinion and briliant aswell as a hard fighter.

[AUG351]

@yarcon10 What about Patrick Cleburne who was called the "Stonewall of the West" and was born in Irland but moved to America and settled in Helena, Arkansas. He was known for being able to hold ground like at Missionary ridge and the Ringgold Gap. He lead his men bravely on the fortifications at Franklin but was shot through the heart while he charged on foot leading his men.

[jtdragonrider]

Would put Gen Jospeh Kreshaw in the middle of the Conferate list, One of Lee's top Div commanders.

[yarcon10]

My favorite Union generals:

1) Hancock: Great commander

2) Buford: For realizing that holding the high ground at Gettysburg was going to be very important, it proved decisive.

3) Chamberlain: For the charge at Little Round Top. Heroic!

4) Sheridan: Great cavalrycommander

5) Grant: Although he was reckless and responsible for a lot of unnecessary union casualties, he knew what it was going to take to defeat the confederacy.

[yarcon10]

My favorite CSA generals:

1) Longstreet: He knew that the south had to fight a defensive war because of the great industrial advantages the north had and that southern casualties were hard to replace. Also a great tactician.

2) Stonewall Jackson: Great commander

3) Lee: Apart from his errors at Gettysburg a good commander

4) Armistead: For his heroic actions at Gettysburg. Hero with capital H!

5) Stuart: Great cavalrycommander

[yarcon10]

4) Ordering the attack on Devil's Den and Little Round Top: Like Hood said: the worst ground ever!

5) Pickett's charge: Ordering 15,000 men across over a mile of open fields, vulnerable to artilleryfire, right into the enemy centre. Thats just plain suicide! The union troops held the high ground and the stone wall. Did he not learn anything from Fredericksburg? At Fredericksburg the south held the high ground and stone wall and we all know what happened there! Why did Lee make the same mistake?

[yarcon10]

Lee at 1? He almost destroyed his army at Gettysburg making 5 big mistakes:

1) Going into battle without knowing anything about enemy troopstrength an positions (Stuart was away)

2) Not giving a specific order to Ewell to take Cemetery Ridge and Culp's Hill but ordering Ewell to take Cemetery Ridge "if practicable". Leaving the high ground to the Union.

3) He didn't listen to Longstreet after day 1: He should have withdrawn, have the union army follow him and then choose his own battlefield

[IworshipKrishna]

Just my opinion and not because he's my favorite Civil War General, but I think that Jeb Stuart should be in at least the top five. He was a terror to the north and a huge boost in morale for the South. What a loss, what a loss. Thanks for the great video.