I’m not the one patrolling these threads pretending not to have read a link I provided in order to hopefully add interest and detail, with that pretense being all for some apparent, peculiar political motivation. You are, and it’s quite tedious. You entered into the discussion with a chip on your shoulder and it will no doubt remain there.
And, you’re merely reiterating what Joe Johnston told Robert E. Lee before he ever reengaged Sherman in North Carolina. He put forth a valiant effort, however, something that most Americans came to appreciate within the lifetimes of both Confederate and Union officers.
Pity the same cannot be said for yourself.
I've read plenty on Bentonville. The reason I asked who won that battle was your apparent delight in presenting it as some sort of confederate victory, with a tone like "we sure showed Sherman something there." I wanted to hear on what grounds you appeared to be presenting such a position for Bentonville. Something like:
He put forth a valiant effort, however...
Ah, yes, the moral victory in defeat. Carve it on southern tombstones. I wonder how many of the men who died at Bentonville would have like to have known that their commander knew the war was lost and that their deaths would be a moral victory for him that Americans would appreciate later.
You entered into the discussion with a chip on your shoulder and it will no doubt remain there.
It always amuses me when the Lost Causers play at being the unbiased parties on these threads, the only ones with a clear view of the truth that the world conspires to hide.