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To: BamaReb who wrote (3893)	3/22/1998 10:34:00 PM
From: Druss	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12754

BamaReb--I will have to get my sources out. But for now (since I am on this thread I am of course RIGHT). For now explain Malvern Hill if Lee only made one mistake. Lee further though was a superb field commander. He was opportunistic and brilliant. I agree about Burnside and Butler as generals, utterly hopeless. They were the worst of a war that is noteworthy for the quality of the generals that developed, maybe among the worst of all time. However the South did have Sterling Price and Bragg. Forrest was the best of the best. Churchill names him as the greatest cavalry leader of all time. His assessment of Franklin before the battle (he wanted a division of infantry to flank the Federals out of their works) and Shiloh (he recognized that Union reinforcements meant Southern defeat on the second day) show he would have been superb at all levels. Biographies indicate he anticipated Union strategic moves superbly. Grant and Sherman developed an excellent strategy that ultimately crushed the South. For now check out Shelby Footes second book on page 380. He gives a very complimentary discription of Grants performance at Vicksburg. And Johnston had 16,000 not 6,000 and was never at Vicksburg because Grant got between the two Southern armies. He was whipped roundly by Grant and forced to withdraw from Jackson. I have a biography of Grant done by an Englishman who considers Grant to be the preeminant general of the Civil War. He surely calls Grant brilliant. Druss Longstreet didn't want to charge at Malvern Hill or the third day of Gettysburg.