>> LL wrote: >> Actually he came under fire during the Battle of Ft. Stevens > >Yeah but that was as President, right? My point was that Lincoln was >- as far as I've read - was kind of like a volunteer firefighter. Now >granted my knowledge is from 25 years ago and I'm too lazy to look >anything else up, but Lincoln was never in the US Army or anything >like that. It was more community service work and never in a combat >capacity.
to quote: >Also I believe that Lincoln was in a militia and was appointed. Also >Lincoln was never in any battle nor took part in any armed skirmish as >far as I know. but the office of the President entails a military rank, that of Commander in Chief. As such an officer, he was in an armed skirmish as president (foolishly if the southern forces knew about it), but it fits within what you defined. Also the states militias at the time were the largest part of the US Army. They required the obligation to appear at a specified location and dates for drill and other training. In other words basic military training for the time period. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:268480 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
