he then splits the army in the face of the enemy, flights that army almost destroys joseph hooker's right flank, and then at the height of his success, he loses jackson, it slows them down for a second, reinforcements are coming up into history. he splits his army a third time, beats off that attack and returns in time to chase took her back across the river. you look at that, you couldn't script that kind of thing. this is not the kind of story you make a. people would say it's unbelievable. others were sheer willpower, able to win what other people said it was impossible. outside richmond in 1862 when lee fights the campaign against mcclellan, he manages over the course of a week to chase mcclellan all the way back from the gates of richmond to the james river, fights a series of battle. he only wins one. he loses the others, sometimes pretty badly, and he still managed to win the campaign. at the same time i think lee as a human being had some notable flaws, like we all do, and those flaws, plus the overall geopolitical situation that the south based men that really no matter what he d