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I guess on the other hand this turd author Gamboner won't tell you about what a butcher Grant was, using the same tactics as Lee. The tactics of the day were Napoloeonic type tactics which involved mass movement, mass charges, and frontal assaults. This author's claim that Lee was an "average" leader is just plain horsesh*t! Lee was a great general listed among the top 100 Military leaders of all time, the only reason he's ranked lower than the top 20 is because he fought for the Confederacy. You don't get into this elite class of men by being "average".

This author is nothing more than a hack and I wouldn't give him the relief of pissing in his mouth if his teeth were on fire!

Besides, if Lee was so "bad", why do they honor and teach him at West Point as one of the greatest American Generals?

You have to look at levels. At a brigade level Lee had little luck....remember the West Virigina campaign of 1861. Lee didn't shine until he took over the ANV.
As with any organization, its the teamwork that gets the job done. Jackson/Longstreet/Lee were unbeatable. As was Joe Johnston/Beauregard. Seperate, they are great...together they are magnificent. Same with Handcock/Sedgwick/Sheriden/Meede/Grant. Together they held the army together while beating down the ANV.