> LL wrote: >>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.
Yup, that's true, but I was responding to Maureen's question about which President's had military experience PRIOR to being President. While Lincoln had some militia experience, it wasn't what is normally thought of as "military experience" at least IMO. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:268496 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
