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The Daily Dispatch: May 13, 1864., [Electronic resource], Struck by lightning. (search)
Ages of great Generals. In a standard work on military art and science, we find some facts connected with the ages of great soldiers, which show that in that department of human action, youth, with some illustrious exceptions, has carried off most of the laurels. Philip of Macedon, at the age of forty-five, had conquered all Greece. Alexander the Great gained a military reputation at the age of eighteen. At twenty-five he had conquered the world! Julius Cæsar distinguished himself before the age of twenty-two. He completed his first war in Spain before the age of forty. He conquered all Gaul and twice passed over to Britain before the age of forty-five. At fifty-two he had won the field of Pharsalla, and died at fifty-six, "the victor of five hundred battles, and the conqueror of a thousand cites. " Hannibal commenced his military career at twenty-two, and was made Commander-in-Chief of the Carthaginian army at twenty-six. He was victorious in Spain and France, and wo