Troops that fought under Stonewall Jackson generally hated him except for one thing, If he led them in a fight, they knew they were going to win.
For infantry that today we might call “light” due to sizing and horsed support that old hand-in-the-air Presbyterian was a slave driver of troops without equal as well.
The south had the field commanders that’s for sure. On the Union side the list is short but there are a few. Sherman, Sheridan, Chamberlin and the “Rock of Chickamauga” come readily to mind.
Both sides had junior officers and infantry brave beyond belief.
Both sides had a good number of fools and scroundrals.
Otherwise, he would just run away.
Why would they have named a General after a gay bar?