<< I did notice that you didn't mention Longstreet. I have gleaned that his innovations in defensive warfare were influential especially the use of traversed trenches first developed at Fredericksburg >>
Longstreet was also one of the tacticians who understood the notion of strategic offensive/tactical defensive. I.e., seizing enemy territory that he cannot permit you to keep; therefore, he has to attack you on ground of your own choosing. Longstreet was desperate to avoid attacking the North positions at Gettysburg, understanding that it was almost the reverse situation of Fredericksburg. He was assailed afterward for his delays in carrying out Lee's orders to attack on the second day (it was politically incorrect in the South after the end of the war to blame Lee for anything). Longstreet also became a Republican after the war, which in the South was tantamount to blasphemy & treason. Tom Beck "I always knew I'd see the first man on the Moon. I didn't realize I'd also see the last." - Jerry Pournelle
