Don Wildman

He's basically, you know, seen to be shouting with Washington.

It's not a good look.

I mean, this guy goes down with a very dishonorable reputation at the end of all this.

Where does he end up in life, Charles Lee?

General Horatio Gates, Continental General, Revolutionary War again, fought in the most pivotal battles.

I mean, Saratoga, for goodness sakes, may have overstated his own role in that victory, but was, you know, there.

He was far behind the lines.

He then suffers catastrophic defeat at the Battle of Camden, 1780.

His army collapsed.

He fled when opposed by such a smaller force.

What's the takeaway of Gates?

You know, he's a mixed bag, isn't he, on this kind of list?

We're going to take a short break.

When we come back, we have three more generals to go, and one of them's really bad.

And we're back with Cecily Zander.

We're addressing a list of the worst generals in U.S.

history across all the wars.

Cecily, before we get into this again, we have three more to talk about.

It all gives one pause to reflect on the good generals, the Washingtons, the Grants, the Eisenhower.

The role of a true general is a magnificent matter of wisdom and fire.