The Best Confederate Army Commander of the East

Best Confederate Army Commander of the East

  • P.G.T. Beauregard

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Joseph E. Johnston

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Thomas J. Jackson

    Votes: 2 11.8%
  • Robert E. Lee

    Votes: 14 82.4%
  • Jubal A. Early

    Votes: 1 5.9%

  • Total voters
    17
I hardly see the point to this as its bound to be Lee but I shall do it anyway just to be fair.

Who was the best Confederate Army Commander of the Eastern Theatre?
 
Is this simple curiousity or are you trying to hash together some sort of popular TL?

And when did Jackson or Early command the ANV? :p

Had their seperate expeditions to be sure..
 
I've been toying with the idea of several Confederate Timelines in the past but I never get very far. My lack of in depth knowledge in general hampers such a endeaver as well as my generally lackadaisical personallity which I have been unable to anything about despite my best efforts.

This is more a general consensus thing.

Stonewall Jackson was an Army Commander briefly in 1862 in his famous Valley Campaign and Early was Briefly an Army Commander in 1864 when he marched to the gates of Washington and then contested the Valley with Sheridan. You could argue that they were merely detached Corps from the main Army but through those campaign Early and Jackson acted independently from the main Army in Virginia so I do not see that they could be considered anything other than commanders of their own smaller armies during those time.
 
You should start a new thread: Who Besides Lee was the best Eastern commander. I would then predict a close vote between Jackson and J. Johnson.
 
Where is Longstreet?

James Longstreet was not an Army Commander in the Easter Theater. He was a Corps Commander. I suppose the seige of Suffolk might count as an independent command but it was more a battle than a campaign really.

Jackson and Early both fought Campaigns in the Valley which consisted about 6-7 battles for Jackson and 16 battles for Early, Longstreets independent command (if you could call it such) was a month long seige.
 

HJ Tulp

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James Longstreet was not an Army Commander in the Easter Theater. He was a Corps Commander. I suppose the seige of Suffolk might count as an independent command but it was more a battle than a campaign really.

Jackson and Early both fought Campaigns in the Valley which consisted about 6-7 battles for Jackson and 16 battles for Early, Longstreets independent command (if you could call it such) was a month long seige.


Ah ofcourse. Misread the OP :)
 
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