One Question for you on this last part. Could you have moved 28,000 men 19 Kilometers thru heavy woods with access to only one narrow road, undetected. Also Jackson attacked as he did because there was not enough room, time, or need to spread his Corp out more, as is he drove the Union Army back two miles before darkness set in.
In 9.5 hours? This is a very slow movement by the standards of the time.
Earlier you said he screwed up every campaign he was in. I beg to differ. In the Valley "*It was a classic military campaign of surprise and maneuver. Jackson pressed his army to travel 646 miles (1,040 km) in 48 days of marching and won five significant victories with a force of about 17,000 against a combined force of 60,000."
First, the 646 miles is between 11th March and 26th June, and includes a stretch on the Virginia Central Railroad (only about the last 100 miles or so). So about 550 odd miles in 107 days, which oddly fits with his army moving at about 5 miles a day (a fairly typical marching rate at the time, limited by the speed of wagons).
Lets examine these battles:
Kernstown: Jackson has 3,087 infantry, 290 cavalry and 27 guns (by his own report), Shields has ca 4,500 infantry, maybe 750 cavalry and 24 guns (by his own report). Jackson tries a head on assault, fails, moves around to an un-recce'd flank, is fixed by an ambush, and is then flanked by the force he initially hit head on and quits the field, leaving several hundred stragglers to be captured.
McDowell: Jackson has ca 17,000 men vs 2,268 men engaged out of 3,318 present, excluding artillery (Schenck's after action report in the OR). The Federals surprise Jackson while he's deploying, completely disrupt him, inflict a hit ratio of nearly 4:1 and withdraw before he can react (leaving him in possession of the field, hence a CS "victory")
Front Royal: Jackson, with 16,500 men overruns a supply depot with 1,063 men present without much of a fight (they weren't really combatants)
Winchester: Jackson, with 16,000 men attacks Banks head on. Banks has 3 brigades (maybe 3,000 men?) and 16 guns. After repulses trying to go head on, Jackson deploys his greatly superior numbers to gain the heights on the Federal flanks, the Federals countercharge both thrusts, throwing them back, and Jackson throws in reserves to countercharge. The remainder of the Federal Army in good order, having achieved their objective of blocking further advances in that direction. Jackson leaves a screening force, but does not pursue.
Cross Keys: A great CS victory, but one commanded by Ewell
Port Republic: ca 10,000 Confederates (PFD) under Jackson hit 2 brigades under Shields (2,000 effectives?). They hit them head on, the Union advances, is flanked, the reserves are committed to push the flanking brigade back, Jackson throws another two brigades in head on and simply overwhelms the Federals.
If we're kind, Jackson defeated about 15,000 men, although in fact the men at Cross Keys (not counted) and Port Republic were at previous engagements, and thus would be double counted.