Richard Taylor - Military

Military

  • Richard Taylor (colonel) (1744–1829), father of U.S. president Zachary Taylor
  • Richard Taylor (British Army officer) (1819–1904), British general
  • Richard Taylor (general) (1826–1879), son of U.S. president Zachary Taylor, Confederate general in the American Civil War

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Famous quotes containing the word military:

    “The domestic career is no more natural to all women than the military career is natural to all men.”
    —George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)

    “There are many examples of women that have excelled in learning, and even in war, but this is no reason we should bring ‘em all up to Latin and Greek or else military discipline, instead of needle-work and housewifry.”
    —Bernard Mandeville (1670–1733)

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