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To: Rummyfan

He sure did.

He let the Yankees get the high ground

One mistake can have major implications

Hood let Schofield slip by in the night at Spring Hill which was incredible feat by Schofield and the next evening just 1000 yards from where I’m sitting in my jacuzzi freeping the war was lost forever after unimaginable slaughter

Battle of Franklin


31 posted on 04/30/2019 5:39:09 PM PDT by wardaddy (When only the best Santa will do...call Joe Biden)
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To: wardaddy

“He sure did. He let the Yankees get the high ground”

Baldy Ewell failed to take the high ground on the first day of fighting. Maybe if Jackson were still alive and commanding that same corps he would have seen the need to secure it.


49 posted on 05/01/2019 7:08:24 AM PDT by Pelham (Secure Voter ID. Mexico has it, because unlike us they take voting seriously)
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