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.)
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 ...
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)
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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