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Who would want to be known as the "The Worse Colonel I Ever Saw"? I was reshuffling some older Michigan History Magazines I had never completely read and on the cover of the January/Februarys 1996 seen an article by Robert C. Myers, "The Worst Colonel I Ever Saw". The article is about Colonel Francis Quinn of the 12th Michigan Infantry.
The article is interesting but I am not in a situation to know if Quinn was the worse Colonel. Well having the 12th Michigan Infantry charge him with eight separate charges to include cowardice, neglect of duty, incompetence, inhumanity, and disobedience of orders. The problem stemmed from the Battle of Shiloh. Quinn was a political appointed officer who was arrogant and incompetent but was he the worse colonel?
The article is interesting but I am not in a situation to know if Quinn was the worse Colonel. Well having the 12th Michigan Infantry charge him with eight separate charges to include cowardice, neglect of duty, incompetence, inhumanity, and disobedience of orders. The problem stemmed from the Battle of Shiloh. Quinn was a political appointed officer who was arrogant and incompetent but was he the worse colonel?