[LS]

Well, you can like Jackson's abilities all you want, but he was NOT "outmanned and outgunned" by very much in many of those battles. Moreover, if you are on defense, the enemy needs to have a 2:1 or 3:1 advantage to be successful, yet Stonewall lost a higher percentage of his men in almost every engagement.

There are also a lot of intricacies of Civil War combat with which I'm sure you are familiar, namely that the Confed. "divisions" were much heavier than Yankee "divisions," and therefore if a Southern division was arrayed against a Yankee division---regardless of the reserves available---the weight was with the Rebs. So I don't buy the "outgunned" theory. Later in the war, at Gettysburg, for ex., definitely, but not up until 1863.

[carton253]

Yeah, yeah, yeah!

I'll give Jackson the credit he is due...even if you won't... :)

Have a great day!

[carton253]

The yeah, yeah, yeah in my previous post comes from the fact that I don't have time to really debate it... (which would be fun) and I'm frustrated because I would love to have the debate.

Darn work! Gets in the way of my freeping...and defending my beloved Stonewall!

Needless to say that I disagree with you...maybe at a later date we could compare notes, etc. Jackson was outmanned, outgunned, and outsupplied but he managed to win against those odds. His victories came because of his military genius and no other reason.

Maybe this weekend!