"It might make an interesting research topic for someone to try to explain why Civil War soldiers were willing to make such sacrifices for certain generals."

Commander, I think it was because their generals were a lot closer to the front than Westmoreland or Abrams. A greater proportion of General officers died in the WTBS than in WWII. General Wofford, my folks' C.O., was wounded three times. At Franklin, so many Generals were killed they were laid out on a porch. Even though it was friendly fire (an oxymoron if I ever heard one), Jackson was killed and Longstreet wounded, and they were corps commanders. Their like hasn't been seen since Patton, for getting in the enemy's face. Stan