I was looking at a bunch of lists on the American Civil War in the above- mentioned tome, and thought I might pass on a few. The editors of Combined Books have compiled the book, and while there is neither plot nor characters, there is a host of information, which a few of you might find interesting .... or not.

Be so kind to remember that we've merely selected a few lists from the book, and that they do NOT represent the opinion of the authors.

The 10 Best Brigades

Confederate
1. Hood's Texas Brigade
2. Stonewall Brigade (Virginia)
3. Orphan Brigade (Kentucky)
4. Stuart's Virginia Cavalry Brigade
5. Hay's Louisiana Tigers
6 Lawton's Georgia Brigade
7. 1st Missouri Brigade
8. Gregg's South Carolina
9. Rodes' Alabama
10. Liddel's Arkansas

Union
First Vermont (VI Corps)
Iron Brigade (I Corps)
Irish Brigade (II Corps)
1st New Jersey (VI Corps)
Excelsior NY Bde. (III Corps)
Philadelphia Brigade (II Corps)
Belknap's Iowa (XVII Corps)
Custer's Michigan Cavalry
Heckman's 'Star' (XVIII Corps)
Steedman's Brigade (IV Corps)

The 10 Best Generals

Confederate
1. Nathan B. Forrest
2. Robert E. Lee
3. Patrick R. Cleburne
4. Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
5. James Longstreet
6 A. P. Hill
7. J E. B. Stuart
8. John B. Hood (1862-1863)
9. D. H. Hill
10. William J. Hardee

Union
1. Ulysses S. Grant
2. Benjamin H. Grierson
3. George H. Thomas
4. William T. Sherman
5. Winfield S. Hancock
6. John A. Logan
7. Quincy Gillmore
8. Andrew A. Humphreys
9. James B. McPherson
10. John M. Schofield

The 10 Worst Generals

Confederate
1. W. H. C. Whiting
2. John B. Hood (1864)
3. David E. Twiggs
4. Benjamin Huger
5. William H. Carroll
6. Braxton Bragg
7. John B. Floyd
8. Gideon Pillow
9. P. G. T. Beauregard
10. Theophilus Holmes

Union
1. Egbert B. Brown
2. John Pope
3. Samuel P. Heintzelman
4. John C. Fremont
5. George B. McClellan
6. Benjamin F. Butler
7. Louis Blenker
8. David Hunter
9. William S. Rosecrans
10. Ambrose E. Burnside

Some people are only alive because it is illegal to shoot them.