Great article. An ever more interesting General as seen through the "Lost Cause" lens is Gen. James Longstreet, who was Lee's "anvil" while Jackson was his "hammer". Apparently, Longstreet (a friend of Grant's before the war) helped convince Lee to end the war, when many wanted to continue (so those two should get some credit for that). Interesting also that Longstreet cooperated with the Reconstruction (and apparently never owned slaves) and was a devastatingly good General (plus played by Tom Berenger in "Gettysburg"). He was scapegoated (mostly by Jubal Early) for losing the war (frankly, he may be the reason they lasted so long, then he had the sense to give it up). A Longstreet statue was thus never erected (while several lesser "Lost Cause" generals were honored). Finally, a few years ago, a Longstreet statue was erected at Gettysburg...correct me if I'm wrong, but such a "Lost Cause" nonconformist was quite deserving? As many historians say, Lee and Longstreet also deserve to be seen through the context and ironies of their times (this written by one whose 8 g-g-grandfathers fought for Union Army, one g-g-uncle probably blasted into oblivion by Longstreet at Antietam)