Who is your favorite (American) Civil War era general?

Question

Comment on your choice as you like.

Thanks!

Answer 1

Toss-up between TJ Jackson and JB Hood.  Jackson's victories in the Shenandoah Valley and his crowning achievement at Chanclorsville rank him pretty high.  If he wasn't killed there, most likely he would have taken the high ground on the1st day at Gettysburg.

But i always like to read about Hood's Texas regiments.  They nearly won the Round Top at Gettysburg and they broke the Union line at Chicamauga...

Answer 2

The Duke of Wellington...no...no...hang on... Horatio Nelson or Hiawatha... maybe Ronald McDonald...?

Answer 3

Stonewall Jackson

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_J._J...

Answer 4

Ulysses s grant, who else gets accused of being an alcoholic and has his employer appluade him for it.

Answer 5

General grant, if he would just stay off the bottle.

Answer 6

Favorite: John Buford. His days were few but they were all good days. At Gettysburg, he picked the ground and he held Henry Heth at bay until John Reynolds arrived. Winfield Scott Hancock told George Meade that he had never seen such good ground to fight on.

Second would be Benjamin Grierson the master of the deep-strike.

Answer 7

General Raphael Semmes of course. The greatest officer of the civil war was not only a General but an Admiral in the CSN. Mobile, Alabama, Raphael Semmes (September 27, 1809 – August 30, 1877) was an officer in the United States Navy from 1826 to 1860 and the Confederate States Navy from 1860 to 1865. During the American Civil War he was captain of the famous commerce raider CSS Alabama, taking a record sixty-nine prizes. Late in the war he was promoted to admiral and also served briefly as a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army.

Semmes was born in Charles County, Maryland, the cousin of future Confederate general Paul Jones Semmes. He entered the Navy as a midshipman in 1826. After serving in the navy, he studied law and was admitted to the bar. After the war, Semmes went on extended leave at Mobile, Alabama, where he practiced law.

During the Mexican-American War, he commanded the brig USS Somers in the Gulf of Mexico. The ship was lost in a storm off of Veracruz, Mexico, in December 1846. Semmes was commended for his actions during the loss of the Somers.

An extremely popular local figure, the township of Semmes, Alabama was named after him. He was promoted to the rank of commander in 1855 and was assigned to lighthouse duties until 1860. When Alabama seceded from the Union, Semmes resigned from the United States Navy and sought an appointment from the Confederate States Navy. I always imagined a swashbuckling movie would be made in my lifetime about this dude. He was real.

Answer 8

I like George McClellan because in a round about way, he gave victory to the Union even though he was a Confederate commander. Because of McClellan's arrogance and lack of confidence in his troops, he gave the Union many victories and he led the Confederate army to be frazzled and lost during battle.  

Answer 9

That would be General Robert E. Lee, sweetie.

Answer 10

I am blood related to General E Lee believe it or not...

Answer 11

William Tecumseh Sherman, forever remembered for his march through the south.  

Answer 12

Seriously?

I like George McClellan because in a round about way, he gave victory to the Union even though he was a Confederate commander. Because of McClellan's arrogance and lack of confidence in his troops, he gave the Union many victories and he led the Confederate army to be frazzled and lost during battle.

McClellan was a UNION general. And he lost pretty much every battle he commanded. Did you get your history from sugar packets at the Waffle House?