RE: [DL] Question on Army Rank

["Heivilin, Jim" <banzai@missouri.edu>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Leybourne, Brian [mailto:Brian.Leybourne@airnz.co.nz]
> Subject: Re: [DL] Question on Army Rank
> 
> What would a soldier be after six years in the army?
> 
> Back in the civil war era? I would have to say he would be...
> 
> ... damn lucky! :-)
> 
> Brian "To still be alive after six years, I mean" Leybourne.
> 
Depends on where he was posted.  If he had the pull or the luck to find
himself in non-combat assignments then it wouldn't be a very big deal.  

Six years in a line Infantry or Cavalry unit, OTH ...

Jim