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Originally Posted by finesse_r
This nation has had two great generals, Washington and Jackson, and many just good ones. The south perished because Lee was a very good general, but not a great one like Washington and Jackson, and probably Houston belongs in that category.
Almost any good general can win when he has superior strength. Only the great ones manage to inflict devastating losses on a superior enemy.
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Originally Posted by williamlayton
BUT---we are not discussing great generals---Houston, and Texas in particular.
No disrespect meant---just keeping the thread on target.
Blessings
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Okay, and no disrespect intended, but it's a whopper of a tale even for Texans to suggest Houston is ranked in the top handful of great American generals. He was the leader of little more than a rag tag partisan force who was fighting on their home terf against an army at the end of a long supply line. To the best of my recollection, the Battle of San Jacinto is the only battle he ever won.