If he had the abilty, the Confederacy could have conceivably won.
But that's another argument for another day.
If Judah Benjamin was able to convince the British and French to send troops to join the Confederacy, things would have been totally different. Lee might have taken the North
I think that people need to realize that the brilliance of Lee as a general was brought forth precisely because the strategic situation for him was so desperate. He HAD to accept a higher level of risk in his dispositions.
Grant had a similar capacity when you look at his western campaigns. He also knew when to gamble. But the consensus view of Grant as a brute-force general was formed during the Wilderness Campaign & the Seige of Petersburg. It’s a view of Grant that still is with us today.