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To: PapaBear3625

Well, GA Custer was promoted directly from first lieutenant to brigadier general at the age of 23, then immediately won a crucial battle, arguably setting the stage for the Union victory at Gettysburg.


21 posted on 05/10/2009 12:42:18 PM PDT by Sherman Logan (Everyone has a right to his own opinion, but not to his own facts.)
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To: Sherman Logan

“Well, GA Custer was promoted directly from first lieutenant to brigadier general at the age of 23, then immediately won a crucial battle, arguably setting the stage for the Union victory at Gettysburg.”

And after that his career really flourished ...


51 posted on 05/10/2009 1:38:20 PM PDT by FroggyTheGremlim
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To: Sherman Logan; eCSMaster
"Well, GA Custer was promoted directly from first lieutenant to brigadier general at the age of 23..."

David Farragut was placed in command of a captured British ship at the age of 12, and himself taken prisoner by the Brits at 14.

64 posted on 05/10/2009 1:52:21 PM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: Sherman Logan
Well, GA Custer was promoted directly from first lieutenant to brigadier general at the age of 23,

Three words: Little Big Horn.

99 posted on 05/10/2009 7:01:15 PM PDT by Oztrich Boy (Obama in Office for 100 days: Wall Street panics.)
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