User blog comment:Deadliest9600/General Robert E. Lee V.S General George Custer/@comment-181289-20100917013343

Well let's compair the two. Lee was considered the first choice to lead the Union army, he might of too but decided to sta loyal to him home state. The Union went through several Generals beofre they finally had one who could match him. Custer graduated last in his class at West Point.