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To: Bubba Ho-Tep

Do you actually believe I posted a link to a lengthy and fairly decent article describing that battle in order to hoodwink you into believing something that did not occur? What sort of propaganda mill has been messing with your head?


137 posted on 12/07/2014 6:06:24 AM PST by RegulatorCountry
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To: RegulatorCountry; Bubba Ho-Tep

Bentonville was a southern defeat. Gave Sherman a pretty good bloody nose first, but they still had to retreat to avoid being overrun. Actually had more casualties than the Union Army.

Not surprising when they were outnumbered 3:1.


139 posted on 12/07/2014 6:15:40 AM PST by Sherman Logan
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To: RegulatorCountry
I never said that the battle didn't occur. I merely observed that it was yet another confederate defeat. To summarize, Johnston was under pressure to do something, anything, to stop Sherman. Finally seeing an opportunity, he launched an attack. There was fighting, at the end of which Johnston withdrew, having suffered losses of 2600 killed, wounded and missing, about 12% of his forces, compared to 1500 killed, missing and wounded for Sherman, about 2.5% of his forces. Sherman continued to march through North Carolina. Johnston surrendered his army four weeks later.

So the question is, what kind of propaganda mill has been messing with your head?

162 posted on 12/07/2014 11:13:13 AM PST by Bubba Ho-Tep ("The rat always knows when he's in with weasels"-- Tom Waitsas)
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