Tuesday, February 5, 2013

History geek bleg

Was it O.O. Howard or George Rosencrantz who got a pre-Civil War reputation for an excessively bureaucratic personality  when, as Regimental Commander he requisitioned some supplies and then, as Regimental Quartermaster denied his own request?
Just ran into a situation at work that's reminiscent of that...

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

That's freaking awesome. I'd definitely love to have a cite, please follow up here if you track it down! Sounds like every week at my job.... :(
-Erik from Seattle