But despite his ability to win individual battles, his decision to fight a conventional war against the more densely populated and industrialized North is considered by many historians to have been a fatal strategic error.
But even if one conceded Lee’s military prowess, he would still be responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Americans in defense of the South’s authority to own millions of human beings as property because they are black.
Oh, I see what they tried to pull here.
If he wasn't a good warrior, he's incompetent. If he was, he was evil. Damned if you do, damned if you don't. Nice try.