Gideon Pillow, American Civil War General
They attacked opponents in a hasty and indiscriminate way. These were some of the worst strategies who ever commanded troops – in disastrous wars.
Much is said about Napoleon, but little prominence is given to those who, on the other side of the barricade, gave the body to a cause – to which they had no talent.
In ancient Rome there were several that challenged the most basic strategy laws. Creativity was boring to these generals, which caused large war failures.
The fifth Servilius CaepioGaius
The proconsul of ancient Rome Quintus serilius caepio was an insubordinate, describes a. It was hierarchically inferior to Mallius Maximus, but always refused to obey him and even share camp with his superior.
Decided, one day, with no orders in this regard, hastily attack the CIMBRI army, on October 6, 105 BC. The result? The Romans lost about 80,000 infantry soldiers and perhaps 40,000 assistants and cavalry.
The war failure was so great that Caepio – that besides general he was also a great thief – was stripped of his Roman and exiled citizenship.
Gideon Pillow
The American Civil War, in 1865there was a good deal of bad generals, but Gideon Pollioow stood out for the negative. And their failures began in the Mexican-American war.
After it was a laughing order your men to be entitled on the wrong side From the fortifications in Camargo, Pillow failed his role in the battle of Cerro Gordo, leading to failure in battle.
He was later in charge of the defense of Forte Donelson, a fundamental strong point on the Mississippi River. Grant had surrounded the fort. After an initial attack had retreated Grant’s troops, Pillow got a spectacular defeat by Withdraw to the fort instead of breaking the lines from the Union to Nashville.
As if that were not enough, he was also a thief – he even stealing cannons.
Francisco Solano López
This son of Paraguayan dictator Carlos Antonio López was very thirsty for power. In December 1864, Paraguay was at war with Brazil, and when Argentina denied a request for the traffic of a Paraguayan army through its territory, Lopez declared war on this country as well.
It was the beginning of the famous War of the Triple Alliance in South America. death of about 90% of Paraguayan soldiers that participated in it.
Solano López himself was killed in Combat, on March 1, 1870. But not before, possibly in a madness, ordering the execution of hundreds of people, including some members of your own family. A true war disaster, still remembered by Paraguayans as a black season of history.
