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A lot of soldiers were brevetted in those days, many generals were really colonels in peacetime, or were one star lower ranked normally.
George Custer is probably the most famous brevetted general. His actual rank during the Civil War was something way lower than that. At the time of his death at the Battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876, he was only a lieutenant colonel, and not even the commanding officer of the 7th Cavalry.
Regards, Robert
Posted 08/26/2014 8:06 pm
