Poll: Worst Confederate Army Commander?

[Mr. King]

Recent Bragg discussions on here made me want to poll the site to find out who the worst commander of a field army was, according to opinions.

I stipulate that they must have commanded an army in battle. An official army, not a temporary detached corps or division.

Vote for 4, and we'll see who gather's the most attention.

 

[cash]

I only used one vote.

 

[Mr. King]

I only used one vote.

Feel free to add more. More than one soldier with chicken guts on there sleeve was relieved simply because their army melted away.

 

[cash]

Feel free to add more. More than one soldier with chicken guts on there sleeve was relieved simply because their army melted away.

I consider my choice was so bad, he's worth four.

 

[ole]

I'll leave this one alone, as well.

 

[ErnieMac]

I consider my choice was so bad, he's worth four.

If it's who I'm thinking of I agree and would be willing to vote for him multiple times.

 

[Stony]

I consider my choice was so bad, he's worth four.

Yea , me too.

 

[Mr. King]

Come on now.... Bragg is a far cry from Floyd and Van Dorn. The man kept an army together and functional for the most part for way longer than they did.

 

[W. Richardson]

Voted my 4 !

Respectfully,

William

 

[Stony]

I predict Bragg will win this poll. If people from NC vote it will be a runaway.

 

[Stony]

Floyd was a politician. At least he had an excuse for being a sorry general. Bragg went to West Point.

 

[gunny]

Seriously, if the first vote that is cast is not for Floyd you are unfamiliar with his leadership. Doesn't matter if he was West Point or not. He was the worst C.S. General! I didn't see that I could cast four votes but the other three would have been Bragg, VanDorn and ... Unfamiliar with the leadership of two of them, so I'll leave the last for y'all to fill in.

 

[kevikens]

I believe Leonidas Polk commanded an army, the one that invaded Kentucky in 1861. That one mistake cost the CSA the war. With Kentucky in the Confederacy and out of the Union the CSA had a better than even chance of having won that war. That one mistake cost the South dearly. No other Confederate commander ever did as much damage as Polk did

 

[cash]

Seriously, if the first vote that is cast is not for Floyd you are unfamiliar with his leadership. Doesn't matter if he was West Point or not. He was the worst C.S. General! I didn't see that I could cast four votes but the other three would have been Bragg, VanDorn and ... Unfamiliar with the leadership of two of them, so I'll leave the last for y'all to fill in.

Floyd is the absolute worst. Hands down.

 

[Stony]

Polk is not a choice.

 

[Buckeye Bill]

Polk is not a choice.

But he sure was good target practice!

 

[Pat Answer]

I'll leave this one alone, as well.

LOL! I think I'm with you. It's an interesting question and poll, but compared to , they all suffer, no?

In agreement with cash and gunny, Floyd does strike me as someone who didn't belong in command of a corporal's guard. In agreement with kevikens (and Donald Stoker), Pillow and Polk did the Confederacy the most harm in a single mistake on Sept 4, 1861.
Beyond that, I really don't know.
But to flip things for a moment, why should Lee or Jackson be on this list?

 

[Pat Answer]

But he sure was good target practice!

There does not seem to be a "funny, but wrong" emoticon...

 

[Buckeye Bill]

There does not seem to be a "funny, but wrong" emoticon...

My warped Marine humor.....

I did visit his death site and monument on top of Pine Mountain last May during my Atlanta Campaign Tour.

Sorry, Reverend Polk!

 

[Northern Light]

My warped Marine humor.....

I did visit his death site and monument on top of Pine Mountain last May during my Atlanta Campaign Tour.

Sorry, Reverend Polk!

That would be Bishop Polk, Bill. He should have stayed in church and prayed for the Confederacy. It might have had a better outcome.