67th Tigers
Banned
To see what Lee was capable of in 1861, look to the West Virginia campaign: incoherent orders poorly carried out with no overall plan, to the point that Old Rosey started his reputation with a decisive curbstomp that George McClellan stole the credit for. McDowell at least clearly communicated his plan, in a battle where the actual troops committed were even on both side. Lee might well blunder through it far worse than McDowell did. Now, if we factor in that he's doing this with inexperienced troops....but he's a Southerner commanding an army mostly made of Northerners........
Dolchstosslegende, anyone?
Well, not disputing Lee's order, but I will dispute Rosecrans "cumbstomp", because it wasn't - he screwed his attack up and got a whole brigade hung up on a single company outpost, and decided to bivi for the night rather than advancing on the main body.
As dusk approached, McClellan realised Rosecrans had failed (his artillery position could see everything that was happening) and had his men Bivi and prepare for a dawn assault up a steep wooded hillside. "Hey diddle, diddle - straight up the middle", now he had a battery in place for fire support.
The Confederate quit their position because McClellan had sent an aide to find out what Rosecrans was upto, as he'd stopped bothering to communication with McClellan. The aide was captured and told them McClellan would assault in the morning. They withdrew rather than face the assault. He later caught them manoeuvring in the open and took them.