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(even his enemies, the Union Army, were in complete awe of him. For example, at the First Battle of Manassas (First Battle of Bull Run) in July of 1861, Jackson charged to thwart an assault by the Union Army. Union General Barnard E. Bee, unable to break) |
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::the only general feared by the [[Nazi]]s, Patton's Third Army caused 55% of all of Germany's casualties at the [[Battle of the Bulge]], while Patton's own men suffered only 9% of the losses on the [[Allied]] side. | ::the only general feared by the [[Nazi]]s, Patton's Third Army caused 55% of all of Germany's casualties at the [[Battle of the Bulge]], while Patton's own men suffered only 9% of the losses on the [[Allied]] side. | ||
2. [[Stonewall Jackson]] | 2. [[Stonewall Jackson]] | ||
| − | < | + | ::even his enemies, the Union Army, were in complete awe of him. For example, at the First Battle of Manassas (First Battle of Bull Run) in July of 1861, Jackson charged to thwart an assault by the Union Army. Union General Barnard E. Bee, unable to break Jackson's line, declared that "there is Jackson standing like a stone wall," which gave Jackson his nickname "stonewall".<ref>https://www.biography.com/military-figure/stonewall-jackson</ref> |
| + | 3. [[George Washington]] | ||
<br>4. [[Ulysses S. Grant]] | <br>4. [[Ulysses S. Grant]] | ||
<br>5. [[Andrew Jackson]] | <br>5. [[Andrew Jackson]] | ||
Revision as of 02:17, November 17, 2019
A ranking of the Greatest American Generals:
1. George S. Patton
- the only general feared by the Nazis, Patton's Third Army caused 55% of all of Germany's casualties at the Battle of the Bulge, while Patton's own men suffered only 9% of the losses on the Allied side.
- even his enemies, the Union Army, were in complete awe of him. For example, at the First Battle of Manassas (First Battle of Bull Run) in July of 1861, Jackson charged to thwart an assault by the Union Army. Union General Barnard E. Bee, unable to break Jackson's line, declared that "there is Jackson standing like a stone wall," which gave Jackson his nickname "stonewall".[1]
3. George Washington
4. Ulysses S. Grant
5. Andrew Jackson
6. Douglas MacArthur
7. Robert E. Lee
8. John J. Pershing
9. Nathaneal Green
10. George H. Thomas
11. George Meade
12. William Henry Harrison