"The 10 Worst Continental Army Generals" Topic
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| Tango01 | 18 Jun 2022 9:44 p.m. PST |
"…The Continental Congress faced an almost overwhelming challenge in appointing leadership to command the new army. While my research and calculations show that fully 85% of the men ultimately appointed as general had some type of prewar military experience, either professional or militia, most was at a low level of command. This forced the Congress to commission senior leaders based more on reputation and expectations than relevant experience. Foreign generals owed their appointments mostly to international politics and claimed, but sometimes unverified, credentials. The ever present politics of command affected both initial appointments and promotions throughout the entire conflict…"
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| doc mcb | 19 Jun 2022 7:54 a.m. PST |
Gus is correct about Wilkinson, as slimy a piece of work as they come. |
| doc mcb | 19 Jun 2022 7:56 a.m. PST |
They didn't send us their best, did they? |
| Tango01 | 19 Jun 2022 3:49 p.m. PST |
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| Bill N | 20 Jun 2022 4:33 a.m. PST |
If George Washington had been sacked after Fort Washington fell, Washington would have been on that list even though he had forced the British to evacuate Boston. Gates was not the military genius his supporters claimed he was in the aftermath of Saratoga. He also wasn't the bumbler his critics colored him as in the aftermath of Camden. A number of things Gates did in the southern campaign were sound, or at least made sense given the information available to him. Plus Gates wasn't the only Continental general to disappear from the battlefield at Camden when the militia bolted. |
| doc mcb | 21 Jun 2022 3:03 p.m. PST |
Gus, yes, looking for work. LOL |
| Tango01 | 21 Jun 2022 3:28 p.m. PST |
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 Old Contemptible  | 24 Jun 2022 11:54 p.m. PST |
If you judge Arnold by his military accomplishments and abilities alone, he is actually in my top five best Continental Generals. He maybe in the top ten of British Generals. He certainly wasn't any worse than the other British Generals save Cornwallis. He never had much of an opportunity to demonstrate his abilities with the British. Such a tragic figure. |
| Bill N | 25 Jun 2022 1:23 p.m. PST |
What about in Virginia OC? |
| Old Contemptible | 25 Jun 2022 5:10 p.m. PST |
His raid on Richmond was successful despite difficulties on the withdraw from Richmond. But what else did he do as a British commander? |
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