Johnston made some pretty spectacular errors too - mismanaging the defense of Nashville - but he may have ended up the more competent leader in the West had he survived. The best CSA generals were either tacticians (Cleburne) or cavalry (Forrest).
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Oh yeah, Shiloh was arguably his last best shot at reversing a trend after letting Grant rip the front wide open early on.
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Don't you think Grant's Vicksburg campaign was the finest example of generalship in the war?
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