Who is the greatest US general?

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MasterAndCommander

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Patton FTW!

his quotes:

?I would rather have a good plan today than a perfect plan two weeks from now.?

?The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.?

?Nobody ever defended anything successfully, there is only attack and attack and attack some more.?

?May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't.?

 

SVT Cobra

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Where the hell is General James Longstreet on that list!?!?!?!?!? He is the father of modern defensive warfare; his stategies for the CSA were considered crazy, yet it was mostly what was used in WWI.
 

Excelsior

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Originally posted by: ironwing
Sherman deserves recognition for understanding what it was going to take to end the war. Until the southern "gentlemen" felt the pain of war they had no incentive to quit.

Surely you are joking.
 

amol

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Patton.

I'm kind of biased; he's from my city. His father was the first mayor.
 

ModerateRepZero

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I'm amazed at some of the obviously illogical choices thrown out...

Napoleon isn't American. 'nuff said.

Admirals are naval officers. General are army commanding officers. Apples and oranges.
 

Taggart

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Just an FYI, there is a special on the Battle of Antietam (Sharpsburg) tonight on the History Channel. It's part of their 10 days that changed america series.
 

uhohs

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Originally posted by: Amol
Patton.

I'm kind of biased; he's from my city. His father was the first mayor.

i thought you were from san marino?
patton = san gabriel.