I would like to hear your opinions about quite the controversial figure of Lt.Gen James Longstreet if you have any. According to some he was the best Corps commander in American civil war on both sides, while others have stumbled his name in mud with vigour.

What kind of person and military leader Mr.Longstreet really was? Its a cliche that he was the anvil of Confederate, while Stonewall Jackson the hammer. For example in second battle of Bull Run Jackson was holding the line while Longstreet conducted successfully a massive attack on Union flank. Longstreet seemed to have very large problems conducting orders he didnt like or deemed ineffective. For example he even tried to turn the command of Picket´s charge to General Alexander during the decisive third day of battle of Gettysburg.

After Gettysburg he trasferred to Tennessee and while he crushed the Union right in battle of Chickamauga. He orchestrated a mutiny amongst his fellow officers against his commanding general, Braxton Bragg whose lack of support to Longstreets right wing at Chickamauga saved the Union army under William S. Rosecrans from total rout. So what is your take on Longstreet, about whom there are several more issues yet being mentioned in this starting post of mine?