Historical Generals

Do you generally bring them to battles, and find them quite effective? Or are they not worth it, and you're better off with the generic general.

well I use generals to heal my units and all that but I just keep my generals out of the battle maybe behind my army or just keep him away from getting killed
well though I use generals to heal units they actually help me in some battles depends on what trait they have

The more expensive the general is the more likely it is that he'll get a cannonball to the head.

since i have played mainly medium fund games i tend to go with the second best general for a couple of reasons.

1. to have more money to go toward other units
2. i am usually just keeping my general out of artillery range
3. since i am keeping him out of artillery rang his skills are are useless for the majority of the game, until i take out the enemies artillery because my understanding is that they only work on the units within the circle

i understand that this may be the wrong idea to have but this is the first TW game i like seeing artillery on the battlefield and i dont like the idea of him getting killed with 1 shot