Command Failure Quotes
Hooker made some very poor decisions as far as Lincoln was concerned.
McClellan found many reasons to avoid engaging the Southern forces, and when battles could not be avoided, he would never pursue the enemy after an engagement but would regroup. Much public opinion was unhappy with McClellan, but he had great support among the Democrats who were not supporters of the war. Finally Lincoln fired McClellan who then ran as a Democrat against the President in 1864. McClellan looked and talked like a great general but was much averse to fighting. Once rid of McClellan, the Union Army began to have success although losses on both sides were horrendous.
Adolphus W. Greely was an Arctic explorer whose party suffered enormous physical hardship in their search to find land north of Greenland. It was rumored that in order to survive, the party engaged in cannibalism of their already dead comrades. Greely was promoted to general to the dismay of some:
