From admittedly what little I know of Bragg, working under him sounds like it must have been infuriating.
But he was h*** on retreat...
Hands down H. J. Kilpatrick, just ask Farnsworth or Dahlgren........
3. Hood. If I wanted to back track and then get shot to pieces a few times I like this guy for it. But this guy, he wasn't my kind of guy. (Buddy Rich paraphrase.)
2. Sickles. Shot and killed his wife's other man, got the first insanity plea, and it worked. As a general he was full of vim and vigor. You can only run with that so long. But I do like the mounted leg. "Aw, guys. Bring my leg along, will ya? I used to be very attached to it."
Last and never to be for gotten, sadly, the one the only...
1. James Hewett Ledlie. Drunk, hiding, no plan past blowing a huge hole in the ground & didn't provide any supervision or even the flickering of brain power at the Crater. I guess you can shoot horses but you can't shoot a general. Sadly.
The grumpy, harsh (exception of Bragg) and the strict doesn't matter much if you win to me. I'd rather have cranky commander then one that leads with very little going on upstairs. So Jackson, Forrest, Early are fine by me. I'd rather win then have warm fuzzy feelings.
But what is this about Longstreet?!?!?