alt.war.civil.usa

On Feb 9, 7:36=A0pm, "David V. Loewe, Jr" wrote:
> On Sat, 09 Feb 2008 23:23:44 GMT, "Bert"
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> >"Hoover" wrote:
> >> senior officer is at least major general
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> >> "Bert" wrote:
> >>> "Hoover" wrote:
> >>>> 1. =A0The only senior officer not born in the US.
> >>>> 2. Name the Major General and Brig General who graduated last in thei=
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> >>>> West Point classes.
> >>>> 3. RE Lee graduated 2nd in his West Point class. Name the other senio=
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> >>>> CW general to graduate second in his class at WP.
> >>>> 4. Name the 3 senior CW officers to have no formal military training.=

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> >>> Interesting post. :-)
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> >>> 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.
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> >>> Pickett and Custer.
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> >>> Mason.
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> >>> Again, please define what you mean by senior officer. Based on what th=
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> >>> means to some, I can think of more than 3 fitting that description.
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> >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 forgotte=
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> >Meade's birthplace was elsewhere. Very good.
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> >I had previously mentioned Pickett, Custer, and Mason for other answers.
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> Who is "Mason"?

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