The Daily Dispatch: April 22, 1864., [Electronic resource]

Northern Estimation of our Generals.

‘ The Yankees do not hesitate to admit the superiority of our Generals over their own. After the idol of the hour, (it is Grant now,) they award the merit of great generalship to Lee. European military critics always speak of Lee as the ablest soldier developed by the war on either side, and so far without his equal in the present armies of the old world. Stone wall Jackson commanded the admiration of the Yankees as well as of the rest of mankind. Even Beecher made him the subject of an elaborate enology. Beauregard stands high with the Yankees for his defence of Charleston and his admirable retreat from Corinth. The other Confederate Generals best known, and whose merits are handsomely acknowledged, are Joe Johnston, Longstreet, Magruder, Hardee, and Polk Portraits of all these officers can readily be obtained at the bookstores in New York and Boston. At Frederick's show windows on Broadway, are displayed two splendid photographs, one of Lee and the other of Jackson. During my stay in New York I frequently met with photographs of our "Stonewall," displayed in public places. President Davis is thought to be a very able man, but O, so wicked! "If we had a man like Jeff Davis in the Presidential chair we would have put down the rebellion long ago," is a common remark.

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