Both great generals.
Lee was a great man.
Jackson was a very odd bird.
But one hell of a General.
“Jackson was a very odd bird” is putting it mildly. Brilliant though and drove his men even harder than Patton. Had he been at Gettysburg the CSA might have extended to Brazil by 1900.
Heard a story once about Lincoln asking a Yankee general why he hadn’t captured General Robert E. Lee. The Yankee general answered: First, I have to climb over a Hill, then march down a Longstreet and finally bust through a Stonewall, just to see if General Lee is there!
For your enjoyment,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvIU6VQAWpo&feature=related
Few know that Jackson was involved in Civil Rights. He set up a Sunday school for black children. Because no one would teach the Sunday school (It was illegal to do so) he defied the laws of Virginia and taught the classes himself. Conviction to God was, to Jackson, trumped state law. After the battle of Bull Run—his wife got a letter from General Jackson—everyone gathered thinking it might be about the battle-—what was in the letter? A check for fifty dollars to the black Sunday school.