RE: Jackson

I like Andy because he beat several very experienced British generals, who had battle hardened European professional soldiers, marines, and artillery, in a major battle with lots of clever tactical manoevering.

He was an old man at the time, called out of retirement to lead a rabble amateurish force. Bringing them up to speed in a very short time under the pressure of an invasion would have required a great deal of leadership. He was lucky to have the terrain on his side as well as the fact that the raiders had very limited objectives. Even so, the consequences of defeat would have been enormous and may have even led to the loss of the Louisiana territory and a second revoloutionary war.

STONEWALL Jackson was the ""greatest"" general the New World has produced, as his Valley Campaign reveals. He was a Virginian first & foremost, and a Southerner secondly, as we all understand ourselves down here under the Occupation. someone asked of STONEWALL’s politics, and the chapter in R.L. Dabney’s Life & Campaigns of the Presbyterian Soldier par excellance is to be found here, he was a thorough Secessionist when the Time came:

http://www.dabneyarchive.com/Life%20and%20Campaigns%20of%20Thos.%20J%20Jackson/Chapter%205%20-%20Secession.pdf

[note the .pdf file is large, but the price is Right!!!]

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