To clarify my point here-the Union lost multiple good generals to bullets on the battlefield, but in no case did this imperil the Union war effort as a whole. Instead subordinate generals got promoted to higher ranks and the campaigns simply continued. For the Confederacy the loss of an individual general like Albert Sidney Johnston, JEB Stuart, or Stonewall Jackson imperiled the Confederate war effort because an army that needs charismatic individuals as leaders and loses one is a snake with its head cut off.
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To clarify my point here-the Union lost multiple good generals to bullets on the battlefield, but in no case did this imperil the Union war effort as a whole. Instead subordinate generals got promoted to higher ranks and the campaigns simply continued. For the Confederacy the loss of an individual general like Albert Sidney Johnston, JEB Stuart, or Stonewall Jackson imperiled the Confederate war effort because an army that needs charismatic individuals as leaders and loses one is a snake with its head cut off.