I’m in the middle of a book about Lee.
Lee was the military advisor to Jefferson Davis.
The Union Army was about ready to take Richmond when Lee took over the Army of Northern Virginia.
I’m not a real Civil War buff.
Lee was a winner.
Yes, his nickname given by his troops and newspapers early in the war was Granny Lee. He wasn’t as brash as his predecessor, Johnston. That nickname quickly faded away during the 7 Days Battles where Lee roundly defeated superior Union forces and forced McClellan to give up on his Peninsula Campaign.