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To: BigReb555
It was a travesty that Cleburne died under the leadership of Hood, probably the worst commanding general the Confederacy ever had. Hood sent thousands of men into terrible enemy fire with no chance of success. The battle of Franklin, where Cleburne died, was one of the Confederacy's worst defeats.

To think that Hood had both Cleburne and Forrest at his use and failed to use their skills speaks volumes about Hood's leadership skills.

13 posted on 03/07/2010 3:42:55 PM PST by MBB1984
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To: nnn0jeh

ping


14 posted on 03/07/2010 3:46:38 PM PST by kalee (The offences we give, we write in the dust; Those we take, we engrave in marble. J Huett 1658)
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To: MBB1984

It’s even funnier that two adjacent counties in Texas have both me’s names - Hood County, and Cleburne in Johnson County.


25 posted on 03/07/2010 6:23:14 PM PST by nuke rocketeer (File CONGRESS.SYS corrupted: Re-boot Washington D.C (Y/N)?)
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