[Ahban]

Stonewall Jackson on the Division and Corp level. Attaturk and Hannibal on the Army level. Napoleon too.

[fish hawk]

Didn't Jackson get shot by his own men? Smart???

[agesilaos]

I'd have to say Julius Caesar, Gustavus Adolphus, Alexander, and Napoleon. Grant was hardly a strategic or tactical wizard, Lee was too dependent on the incompetence of his opponents and once he faced competent generals, starting with Meade he collapsed. Rommel was an exceptional Army commander as was Jackson. Guderian and other Wehrmacht generals were also very good. But with the exception of Rommel they were products of their system, you can say our current generals are products of the current US system.

Other greats were Frederick the Great and Hannibal. For small theater warfare Paul von Letteck-Vorbeck never lost a battle and fought with odds 20:1 against him and caused 60000 deaths on the Brit side altho he never had more than 14,000 men in his force.

Agesilaus

[dljordan]

Just finished reading an auto-biography on Stonewall. The man was a brilliant, no compromise, hardass.

[beaver fever]

"Stonewall Jackson on the Division and Corp level. Attaturk and Hannibal on the Army level. Napoleon too."

Not to mention Spartacus. He started out with a kitchen knife and slaughtered two Roman legions.