At Beaver Dam Creek and Malvern Hill....one must remember that Jackson had just made a long march from the Valley with four divisions and he and his men were worn completely out from marching and attempting to restore a bridge to cross the Chickahominy River....under Union fire. To reach his objective the route was very circuitous and after much hard rain all the streams/rivers were swollen and there was much trouble in moving his artillery due to road conditions. After a second attempt at repairing the bridge, at this point, for the first time in his battle career he basically gave up after his men wouldn't work at bridge restoration under Union fire from a hidden battery. He was so depleted in mind and body he laid down under a tree and went to sleep! Totally stupefied! He was a full five hours behind General Lee's time schedule at this point! He was late arriving at Malvern Hill for having to tread through White Oak Swamp which was flooded. I think if we were able to ask him about his late arrival at Malvern Hill that he would say...."Glad of it!' Lee lost 5000 men there after several attempts to storm the hill which was basically an impregnable position held by the Union! As for his 'Generalship Ability'????.....he had BIG BALLS!!

Even birds know not to land downwind!