Quote Originally Posted by K COSSACK
But Lee had militia for cryin' out loud, and he still beat his opponents!
The Union also had a militia of an army, no? The whole of the USA didn't really have that much in terms of fighting traditions or whatever. In fact, many argue the whole "Southern chivalry" and a generally more rural, less industrialized life means that the South's fighting force was actually far superior quality-wise: farmers and hunters tend to be better with the forests, the fields, and the rifles than factory workers.

Of course, that doesn't mean they could stand toe-to-toe with professional fighting forces like, say, the British army at the time. But that's not what Lee faced.

And I'm not saying he's worse than Caesar or anything like that, because I really do think this pairing is quite confuzzled.