Lee was a great general but not as good as the one who defeated him.
Lincoln once asked his generals why they could not capture Lee. One general answered:” Capture him? First, we’d have to go up a steep Hill. Then march down a Longstreet. And then, we’d have to jump over a Stonewall, just to engage him.”
Lee operated under great disadvantages in number of men and material.
He did amazingly well for the circumstances.
He came very close to winning.
>>Lee was a great general but not as good as the one who defeated him.<<
I’m not one to argue over the events of the Civil War, but I will say although Grant was a great General, had he not enjoyed the enormous advantages of the North’s industrial power and manpower, the surrender at Appomattox might never have happened.
How do you figure that? With four times the population, it's not hard to overwhelm someone with casualties.
Even Mary Lincoln said Grant was a butcher.