| Tango01 | 04 Jun 2021 4:01 p.m. PST |
Unfortunately this has been a failed Quiz … but the question is interesting … who were they and why the worst? … you can always learn in TMP link
Armand
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| 21eRegt | 04 Jun 2021 6:35 p.m. PST |
Hard to argue against Wilkinson being the worst, though William Windor gives him a good run. Or race. |
| mikec260 | 04 Jun 2021 7:05 p.m. PST |
True, but Hull deserves some credit or discredit too. |
 ColCampbell  | 04 Jun 2021 7:30 p.m. PST |
For me it has to be Wilkinson. He was selling military information to the Spanish all the time he was in command of the the American southwest. And we still have a county named for him here in Mississippi. Of course we still have one named for Jefferson Davis. Unfortunately I don't see either being renamed anytime soon. Jim |
| Brechtel198 | 05 Jun 2021 3:41 a.m. PST |
Wilkinson without a doubt. He was willfully incompetent and a traitor to boot. Winfield Scott was court-martialed for criticizing Wilkinson when Scott was a captain and was suspended from duty for a year 'without pay.' He proclaimed Wilkinson a 'finished scoundrel.' Wilkinson also cheated his troops out of their rations to enrich himself. Unfortunately, it took his superiors much too long to figure out that not only was he an incompetent, he was a criminal. |
| Florida Tory | 05 Jun 2021 5:59 a.m. PST |
Wilkinson could win a poll for worst American general, not restricted to the war of 1812. Rick |
| Peter L | 05 Jun 2021 7:51 a.m. PST |
I have to agree with the others that Wilkinson takes the (dis)honors |
| IronDuke596 | 05 Jun 2021 9:36 a.m. PST |
Wilkinson without any doubt for all the reasons stated and many more. |
| John the OFM | 05 Jun 2021 10:48 a.m. PST |
The only real contest here is who comes in second. |
| jurgenation | 05 Jun 2021 11:52 a.m. PST |
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| Tango01 | 05 Jun 2021 3:38 p.m. PST |
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| ChrisBrantley | 05 Jun 2021 5:20 p.m. PST |
I like Leckie's characterization of Wilkinson as the general who never won a battle but never lost a court martial. |
| Tango01 | 05 Jun 2021 11:58 p.m. PST |
How he ended his career?… Armand |
| 15th Hussar | 06 Jun 2021 2:08 a.m. PST |
After reading Graves, Berton and several other books on the Niagara Campaign of 1814, I know who the most under appreciated US General was, sort of like an early version of GH Thomas from the ACW, BG Eleazer Wheelock Ripley |
| Brechtel198 | 07 Jun 2021 1:24 a.m. PST |
Ripley had a bad habit of getting on Jacob Brown's bad side. |
