[Oberon]

Throw Away the Scabbard works. Interestingly, it too is a Jackson quote.

Ironically, Jackson and Lee saw completely eye-to-eye on such matters as bravery, honor, and military tradition, but Lee may well have done better to depend on Longstreet as a tactician. Longstreet was of course also a brave man, but not the modern-day knight of chivalry that Jackson and Lee both were.

Longstreet's was a more forward-thinking vision, and it marked him as a general of the Grant mold. He understood how to use modern weaponry to slaughter the enemy in industrial quantities.

[carton253]

I think Lee was a brilliant tactician and Longstreet's problems (of which he had many) hindered Lee more than it helped. I don't think, when Longstreet was separated from Lee, he proved that he was not as good as he thought he was.

But, I like Longstreet. After all, he's Old Pete.

I am Jackson fan first and foremost. And who does not love Jeb Stuart? Besides Sheridan. I admire Lee's character.