What Happened To Abraham Lincoln's War?

Abraham Lincoln and his Generals With all of his greatest, Abraham Lincoln has one major flaw, he sucked at choosing those to who led the American Army. His flaws lay in the fact that due to his inexperience military wise, he was not sure what it took for a general to command an army of that size. Most of the generals that he chose were men who thought the war rested solely on their shoulders, or worse men who knew that they were not ready for such a job, but still took it. The men who were overly confident typically choked when it came time to actually go to battle. There are four reasons why Lincoln sucked at picking the men that were in charge are: most of the generals when it came time for battle were fearful and found many ways to delay, …show more content…
These men that he put in place where not comfortable with commanding such an army. In fact most of them advised Lincoln that they were not up to it, however he did not listen to them and forced them into to the leadership role. Take for instance General Joseph Hooker. Hooker was under Burnside command, but as the war went on many including Hooker were not impressed with his performance. Hooker went to Lincoln to voice his concern but informed him that he did not want to take over Burnsides role. However, after time went on Lincoln pratically foreced Hooker to take Burnsides position. By Lincoln not respecting the generals when they declined the higher position he hindered the Union even more because he would soon call for their resignation once they did not succeed in his eyes or met his standards. By not taking what Hooker and the others generals were saying it showed Lincoln's inability to make sound decisions when it came to picking his generals. He was looking at what the generals had on paper and verse if they could mentally command his