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  1. 07-15-2010 #13
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    Just one quick google:

    http://www.civilwarhome.com/boysinwar.htm

    (only 46,000 out of a sample of 1,000,000 over the age of 24)


    Napoleon is quoted as holding that Generals over the age of 40 were over the hill. (though I suspect strongly that this is a misquote from him saying as he rode away from Waterloo, "I'm too old for this Sh#%")
    Last edited by Bob's World; 07-15-2010 at 02:18 PM.
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