[Richard]

IMO - such a list must include the likes of James 'Old Pete' Longstreet, Philip 'Little Phil' Sheridan, John Buford, Henry 'Hap' Arnold, and George Catlett Marshall.

Were that we could honor more leaders with the same sense of high esteem held by those under Buford's command who published a resolution that set forth their feelings for him:

...we, the staff officers of the late Major General John Buford, fully appreciating his merits as a gentleman, soldier, commander, and patriot, conceive his death to be an irreparable loss to the cavalry arm of the service. That we have been deprived of a friend and leader whose sole ambition was our success, and whose chief pleasure was in administering to the welfare, safety and happiness of the officers and men of his command.

...That to his unwearied exertions in the many responsible positions which he has occupied, the service at large is indebted for much of its efficiency, and in his death the cavalry has lost firm friend and most ardent advocate. That we are called to mourn the loss of one who was ever to us as the kindest and tenderest father, and that our fondest desire and wish will ever be to perpetuate his memory and emulate his greatness."

- Hard, Abner N., History of the Eighth Cavalry Regiment, Illinois Volunteers, Aurora, Illinois: privately published, 1868.

Richard's $.02