Joseph H. Eaton Quotes


He never commanded more than ten men in his life and he ate three of them.


Context

Adolphus W. Greely was an Arctic explorer whose party suffered enormous physical hardship in their search to find land north of Greenland. It was rumored that in order to survive, the party engaged in cannibalism of their already dead comrades. Greely was promoted to general to the dismay of some:


Citations

Joseph H. Eaton, c. 1816-1896, Army General, Quoted in Conservative Digest, December 1987

Sourced by: Eigen's Political and Historical Quotations

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