I have always perceived Lee and Rommel to not be necessarily bad people, but these two fought for countries and regimes with objectively bad and evil practices. The moderators on r/historymemes did a poll on who people thought their favorite historical figure was and Rommel was in the top 10, dispite being a Nazi general. How does the history community see these people today?
While there’s always more to say about both men, you might be interested in this by u/Georgy_K_Zhukov: