The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-01-20
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6eneral J. ~. B. Stuart .. I
General p. G; t. Beauregard, or
General Richard Taylor 49,. 1
Undecided !
I 1t should be borne In mind that sew
eraL or the generals from whom Sem
eIor Culoerson received replies are
no" oead. The following is the let
! officers: VIZ
! Dear General take great inter
est In the history OF the Civil War. ]
WIN, therefore. thank you to give me
the Iavor OF your opinion as to who
Is entitled to rank as the greatest
commander developed on the South
lern side In that war
Very truly,
&C. A CULBERSON."
The replies are full of interest.
some OF them being quite lengthy and
delightfully."- discursive. Others. again.
are extremely brief. being confined
Closely TO consideration of the inter-
roSatory and reply thereto.
Answers OF the LieutenRntS General.
General Robert K. Lee, by the YER
olct OF impartial history" writes the
venerable Lieutenant General Simon
Bolivar Buckner, Of Kentucky. BUT
ne expresses the opinion that had
Seheral Albert Sidney Johnston lived
/ 10 the end OF the war his fame as a
commander would have eoualed that
/ or General Lee.
Lieutenant General Stephen d. Lee.
writing a short time before his death
at ms nome in Columbus, Miss, said:
ROoeTt T.. Lee was the greatest gen
eral. General Lee fought more pitch
ted battles than any other general ON
either siCfe.n
When General Joseph E. Johnston
dled' writes the late General Alex
amer Stewart Of Tennessee. L
Vas IN washington, and attended his
funeral Next day / met ON the ave-
nue. IN front of the White House q
gentleman who had served on the
stan OF General Lee. and also on that
or General Joseph E. Johnston. and
knew both men thoroughly. In Tho
course OF his conversation be nal ee
TINS remark: Lee was the greater
man, but Johnston was the greater
general That is my idea also. and
as the two were the greatest Of all
our generals that makes Johnston the
The Vote OF the Majors General.
MAJOR General Marion c. Butler. of
south Carolina, the hero OF BRANDY
Station' wrote from Charleston: Cen
eral Robert e, Lee. in my Judgment.
oped on either side"
Major General S. @. French. n vet
eran OF the Mexican. many Indian and
me civil War, and still strong and
hearty at his home in Pensacola
writes; General Robert &. Lee was
by the War Between the States 81
Major General l. L Lomax- of vir-
slnia, now a member OF the Gettys-
burg Battlefield Commission. writes
from Gettysburg: General Robert y.
Lee was. without question the great
est general developed by the war
Major General VIII T. Martin. Of
N9tchez. Miss. writes: General Rob
ert b. Lee was entitled to pre-ennj-
hence; next to him only Beauregard
and the two Johnstons"
Major General G. ]. Polienac- n eal-
liant soldier, who writes from Paris is
not clearly of the opinion that Gene
raj Lee should be ranked first though
ladmltting that this is the worlds opin-
ION. He says:
greatest opportunities and has ac-
! CURED worldwide fame
among the commanders with whom I
was personally acquainted General
Beauregard and General Richard Tay-
/ Tor are entitled to be placed at the ton
I OF the list would unbesig
tatingly proclaim General Forrest sec-
Ond to none"
/ Major General Thomas l. Rosser
writes from his home at Charlottes-
VIE Va; Il consider General Stone
wall jackson the greatest commander
developed on the Southern side of the
! Civil War"
I Brigadicrs Almost A Unit.
FIRST OF the brigadiers to be quoted
shaA be General George w. Gordon.
now member OF the House OF Rep
resentatiVeS from the Memphis ns-
trict, the hast Confederate brigadier
In Congress. whore once there were so
many: General Robert b Lee"
says G~nSral GoRGOn. was the great
sst semnanoer developed en- tho
&ADer0l h ,. AieaAnndeR, who writes
fT0m D1hu2h, t1ina-, aaySI II tAsuk
&c nSzSa b0 admitted By All that Geacs al
14@s was AsysAa asObA. the greatest
presses the SpSAiOn that General Grant
WAS the greatest Union general
The greatest soldier the Civil War
lprodnsed was General r. E Lee" says
General Frank c. Armstrong. He as
signs seeond place to StoneWan Jack
son and says Forrest was the most re-
markaDle figure or the war.
General Robert r.. Lee stands first
ana foremost OF ali generals OF the
last century" says General William
r. Boggs, OF Mississippi
General w. l.. Caben, of Dallas
Tex writes: General Robert E. Lee
was the greatest general developed by
the war between the States"
General Ellison Capers, recently de-
ceased (bishop of South Carolina.
Episcopal church,. wrote: General
Robert +. Lee is entitled to rank as
"a" greatest commander on the South
Tn SIDE i'm the civil War" To Gene
raj Joseph T.. Johnston he gives sec
Ond place.
CoCkrcll Says joe Johnston.
General +. II. COckrell, of Missouri
Tor many years a member OF the Uni
ted States Senate. now a member Of
the Interstate Commerce Commission
land sometime brigadier general of the
Confederate army, under General Jo-
seph r.. Johnston, says: I'm my hum
BILE opinion General Joseph e. John
ston ~ entitled to rank as the greatest
commander developed on the South
ern side Of the Owl War"