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"Hoover" wrote in message
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> senior officer is at least major general
>
> "Bert" wrote in message
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>> "Hoover" wrote in message
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>>> 1. The only senior officer not born in the US.
>>> 2. Name the Major General and Brig General who graduated last in their
>>> West Point classes.
>>> 3. RE Lee graduated 2nd in his West Point class. Name the other senior
>>> CW general to graduate second in his class at WP.
>>> 4. Name the 3 senior CW officers to have no formal military training.
>>
>> Interesting post. :-)
>>
>> Ok, for the first one, please define what you mean by senior officer.
>> Based on what that means to some, I can think of more than one fitting
>> that description.
>>
>> Pickett and Custer.
>>
>> Mason.
>>
>> Again, please define what you mean by senior officer. Based on what that
>> means to some, I can think of more than 3 fitting that description.
>>

Cleburne, Sigel, and Osterhaus, all major generals, are the ones I was
thinking of when I asked for clarification. But I must say I had forgotten
Meade's birthplace was elsewhere. Very good.

I had previously mentioned Pickett, Custer, and Mason for other answers.

The last question was well phrased, as folks like Sigel and Osterhaus weren't
West Point men, but did have military training in their native lands. There
are more than three, but you didn't say "only" this time. :-) So,
McClernand, Banks, and Butler are three of many I'd offer. Others like
Chamberlain and Logan fit, but I'd hate to mention them in the same sentence
as McClernand. :-)

-Bert