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To: Bull Snipe

The Battle of Franklin where at one point the bodies of 8 Confederate Generals were laid out on the back porch of a house. Utterly devastating but Gen Hood was incompetent and not worthy of the rank.


2 posted on 12/16/2018 1:02:30 PM PST by Midwesterner53
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To: Midwesterner53

Hood was a classic example of the Peter Principle. Unequalled as a division commander, he had earned high praise for both Lee and Longstreet. As an army commander he reached his pinnacle of incompetence.


3 posted on 12/16/2018 1:19:56 PM PST by Bull Snipe
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To: Midwesterner53

Six Confederate generals were killed at Franklin and four or five of the six were laid out at the back portico of the Carnton House which still stands. Those killed included General Pat Cleburne and General States Rights Gist.

Those Freepers who patronize liberal Blacks and Yankees by saying that the Democrats have always been racists and are the same people as the Democrats of today would do well to read more about Pat Cleburne and what he said about the importance of Confederate victory. And how many Democrats of today give a flip about States Rights or individual rights.


4 posted on 12/16/2018 1:34:02 PM PST by Monterrosa-24 (...even more American than a Russian AK-47 and a French bikini.)
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