It would also have helped if Lee's skills as a general were as an offensive general. He was a very good leader of a defensive campaign but had the typical 1860s fetish for attacking.
Hattaway and Jones "How the North Won" makes a good case for Lee being one of the more successful ACW generals on the offense. Of course, factors strongly favored the defense in that war - Lee still lost on the offense more than he won.
My favoured choice is not on the list George Pickett so I opted for Forrest although his damage was more poltical than military and probably had more effect after the war in alienating people from sympathy with the Confederacy
J.E.B. Stuart for the way he performed during entire Gettysburg campaign.![]()