dh76513
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ORIGINAL: Gil R. .....it looks that it will take me a bit longer to start posting these polls (partly because I seem not to be authorized to create poll threads for some reason, and partly because this should be done in a sub-forum that still needs to be set up), so we'll have to wait just a bit. Gil, My concern with polls in rating the generals is that many generals will be elevated to unrealistic levels based on their notoriety and popularity instead of those areas of competency as you define within the “rating” system for general officers below: quote:
ORIGINAL: Gil R. Terrible = 0 Bad = 1 Poor = 2 Normal = 3 Fair = 4 Good = 5 Great = 6 Excellent = 7 Superb = 8 Initiative: Adds to the movement of brigades in detailed combat; affects the movement initiative of the division/corps/army on the main map Leadership: helps disorganized units regain order; gives morale boost for rallying; has chance of negating effects of fatigue from forced march Tactics: Increases damage done by brigades in combat Command: Determines the chance of bringing out-of-command units back into command; helps brigades change formation; helps units resist charges; enables units to enter dangerous zones (i.e., certain hexes where they ordinarily would be at a penalty because of terrain type and/or proximity to enemy units) Cavalry: Increases damage done by charging cavalry in combat While I do think the great many of those 1008 general officers who served during the Civil War should mass toward the middle of your scale (between 3 and 5), very few should reach that level of “superb” (or be rated as an 8). Nonetheless, below are those generals who definitely rate an “8” in my opinion (i.e., there is no rank order to the list): Patrick R. Cleburne, MG, CSA Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, BG, USA Philip Henry Sheridan, MG, USA Nathan Bedford Forrest, LTG, CSA William J. Hardee, LTG, CSA Albert Sidney Johnston, GEN, CSA George H. Thomas, MG, USA John Buford, MG, USA I found it very interesting that the USA and CSA were balanced in these final numbers with four on each side as this was sincerely unintentional. No doubt, I will likely have a great deal of criticism regarding my choices as this is certainly a passionate and controversial subject for most who love American Civil War history.
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