[Strategerist]

Oh, I think he's easily the equal or better than Lee (who probably gets some Americentric overrating around here.)

The odds Washington faced were probably greater than Lee. And Lee had some pretty substantial screwups.

[mainepatsfan]

It's debatable. Washington didn't have a Stonewall Jackson to rely on as Lee did. One thing Washington never did was get the Continental Army into a situation like Lee did to his army at Petersburg.

[dsutah]

That could be. I read once on a page about Gen. R.E.Lee, that he learned from, and was much inspired by Washington, as well as his dad("Lighthorse" Harry Lee), who were themselves good friends to each other. The two elders influenced him in his own military career ambitions early on!