[LeoWindhorse]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Brice%27s_Crossroads

[mstar]

The battle remains a textbook example of an outnumbered force prevailing through better tactics, terrain mastery, and aggressive offensive action. Despite this, the Confederates gained little through the victory other than temporarily keeping the Union out of Alabama and Mississippi.

Wasn't that the goal . . . day by day