[katana]

I so deeply appreciate every posting of the "Newspaper of Record" from the dates one hundred and sixty years ago. Especially being directly descended from one soldier serving at the time under Grant and Sherman somewhere in the "west"

But the gloss The New York Times put on news from the front, which we now know at this point in the struggle was mostly bad for Union forces, is a reminder that "spin" is nothing new. The same namesake rag can be seen every day performing the same gyrations on behalf of the Democrats and the Biden Circus.

[BroJoeK]

Including "tomorrow's" engagement at Little Sugar Creek, Arkansas, here is the latest summary of engagements won & lost.
Note that since January 1862, the weight of wins vs. losses has begun to swing in the Union's favor.
But there are still 53 engagements in Union states & territories, versus only 30 in Confederate states.
So as of "today" it is still very much a "War of Confederate Aggression".

Summary of Civil War Engagements as of February 17, 1862:
Engagements in Confederate states:

State	Union Victories	Confederate Victories	Inconclusive	Total Engagements
South Carolina	1	1	1	3
Virginia	4	11	5	20
North Carolina	1	0	0	1
Florida	1	0	0	1
Louisiana	0	1	0	1
Tennessee	2	0	0	2
Arkansas	0	0	1	1
Total Engagements in CSA	10	13	7	30

Engagements in Union states/territories:

State	Union Victories	Confederate Victories	Inconclusive	Total Engagements
Maryland	1	0	1	2
West Virginia	9	2	2	13
Missouri	11	9	1	21
New Mexico	0	5	0	5
Kentucky	4	3	2	9
Oklahoma	0	3	0	3
Total Engagements in Union	25	22	6	53
Total Engagements to date	35	35	13	83